ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: LORD BYRON

Volume 7

AT THE TITAN’S BREAKFAST This page intentionally left blank AT THE TITAN’S BREAKFAST Three Essays on Byron’s Poetry

ROBERT POLITO First published in 1987 by Garland Publishing, Inc. This edition first published in 2016 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 1987 Robert Polito All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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־Polito, Robert, 1951 At the titans breakfast.

(Harvard dissertations in American and English literature) Thesis (Ph.D.) — Harvard University, 1981. Bibliography: p. Contents: When fierce conflicting passions urge — At the titans—׳Disporting there like any other fly breakfast. 1. Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 — Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series. ׳.PR4388.P637 1987 82187-19661 7 ISBN 0-8240-0072-2

The volume¿ in thu jerie¿ are printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper. Printed in the United States of America At the Titan1s Breakfast:

Three Essays on Byron1s Poetry

A thesis presented

by

Robert Joseph Polito

to

The Department of English and American Literature and Language

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of

English

Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Acknowledgments 3

I. When Fierce Conflicting Passions Urge 5

II. Disporting There Like Any Other Fly 95

III. At the Titan*s Breakfast 155

Notes 189 Bibliography 192 This page intentionally left blank References

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