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Manfred: A Dramatic Poem (1901)

by George Gordon Byron(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1103516817 (ISBN13: 9781103516810)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

BiblioBazaar

review 1: The Byronic hero is deftly explored here, as in Childe Harold, but in a way which lends to a reading that this poem is Byron's confession of his forbidden love affair with his half-sister Augusta. But what is there to say about this classic, really? The prose is arresting and Manfred is inspiring, a character through life found no affinity with human beings and bucked the status-quo at every turn. Manfred strives to be the quintessential Nietzschean superman, valuing the forgetfulness of past indiscretions, but falling short of that ideal and in turn seeking his own death through his own agency rather than at the hands of any spirit. Manfred lives alone and on his own terms and seeks to die the same way. Ultimately Manfred is an astonishing tale about self-sufficiency and ... moreisolation and where the two meet, with all the trappings of Romantic fiction, extolling nature and the intuitive rather than the precisely logical.It's a short read with a great deal to offer for anyone who has ever felt alone in a society that means nothing to them. And, of course, any students of Romantic fiction would certainly be assigned this piece.
review 2: The plot: "Manfred"s title character broods over mysterious feelings of despair and ennui, calls up spirits of Nature, persuades the forces of evil to call up his dead love in a futile attempt to set his soul at peace. The drama ends with his death, of course, and his friends wonder where his soul is headed -- "whither? I dread to think." The appeal: How could such a despicably loathsome rake like Lord Byron write such exquisite poetry? The lines in Manfred are keen and clear, lyrical and lovely. Reading this makes me feel like I've eaten something utterly delicious. less

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