- The
Byronic hero is a
variant of the
Romantic hero as a type of character,
named after the
English Romantic poet Lord Byron.
Historian and
critic Lord...
- poem was
widely imitated. It
contributed to the cult of the
wandering Byronic hero who
falls into
melancholic reverie as he
contemplates scenes of natural...
- novel's
titular protagonist, Jane Eyre. He is
regarded as an
archetypal Byronic hero.
Edward Rochester is the oft-absent
master of
Thornfield Hall, where...
- nationalism. The book was
notable for
featuring the
first version of the
Byronic hero
outside of Byron's own work as well as a
detailed scrutiny of the...
- "knight-errant",
particular to
European medieval chivalric romance literature, and
Byronic hero,
especially in
European Romanticism.
Hubert Babinski, in a review...
- This
character became a
model for many
charismatic Gothic villains and
Byronic heroes. Milton's "version of the myth of the fall and redemption, creation...
-
additionally took up the
theme of a "Satanic"
school and
developed the "
Byronic hero" (not to be
confused with
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Satanic Hero")...
- "
Byronic hero" has come to
epitomize many of Byron's characteristics, and
indeed this type of
character pervades his own work. The use of a
Byronic hero...
- Rameau's
Nephew in the 18th century, and is also used more
broadly to
cover Byronic heroes as well,
created by the
English poet Lord Byron.
Literary Romanticism...
-
Byronic hero. Byron's
works were of
international repute and
Lermontov mentions his name
several times throughout the novel.
According to the
Byronic...
