The Sceptic: A Hemans-Byron Dialogue

The Sceptic, Edited by Nanora Sweet and Barbara Taylor

Table of Contents

    About this Hypertext
    The Sceptic: A Poem

    Based upon the facsimile of the 1820 edition, with commentary highlighting the textual and ideological links between Hemans and Byron.

    A Tour of The Sceptic

    Nanora Sweet takes the reader step by step through the poem's contents and describes its form.

    Literary and Historical Context

    Analysis of the poem's literary and philosophical contexts, with copies of the contemporary reviews and the letters from both Hemans and Byron that are referred to throughout the site.

    Gender and Genre

    Three original essays exploring the interactions between the gender of the poet and the genre of her poem and how these affect the poem's reception, both upon its publication in 1820, and among critics now.

    Gallery

    Portraits and photographs relating to The Sceptic.

    Bibliography

    Primary, secondary, and Web sources.

About this Resource

Author

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne

Editor

Sweet, Nanora
Taylor, Barbara

Published @ RC

January 2004

Resource Technical Editor

Singer, Kate

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Person

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