EVER SINCE the publication of Don Juan, the term “Byronic” has come to refer to a person who is contemptuous of, and rebelling against, conventional morality, “a man proud, moody, cynical, with defiance on his brow, and misery in his heart, a scorner of his kind, implacable in revenge, yet capable...
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EVER SINCE the publication of Don Juan, the term “Byronic” has come to refer to a person who is contemptuous of, and rebelling against, conventional morality, “a man proud, moody, cynical, with defiance on his brow, and misery in his heart, a scorner of his kind, implacable in revenge, yet capable of deep and strong affection.” Seduced by Byronism and the charms of the poem
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