1. Lord Byron and English Literature
... (West 55). The idea of himself is that which holds Byron's work together and makes it especially hard to mimic (West 2). He was not only an English Romantic poet but also presented historical tragedy, romantic narrative, ode and especially epic satire ... to Romanticism. Much of how Byron presented himself was a sort of facade; doing what he pleased to do, living his life without a care, and never quite accepting his own realities (MacCarthy xiii). Despite any disapproval of his immorality, Byron left an indelible impression on social attitudes and reforms with his contradictory mann...
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