Date of Award
4-21-2010
Degree Type
Honors Paper
Department
English
First Advisor
E. Derek Taylor, Ph.D.
Abstract
This thesis reviews and discusses narrative distance in the works of George Gordon, Lord Byron, and Jonathan Swift or “A Digression in Praise of Digressions.” Byron takes on multiple roles in his poetry. Swift provided Byron a model for how to negotiate the boundaries of fictional self-fashioning and biographical revelation. Bryon’s technique of presenting a version of himself while simultaneously maintaining narrative distance is a distinct characteristics of Swift’s work. The thesis adapts to an important fact in that Byron, although writing in the age of Romanticism, significantly and unflinchingly sought distance between himself and Romantic figures.
Recommended Citation
Cash, Samantha M. and Taylor, E. Derek Ph.D., "Narrative Distance in the Works of George Gordon, Lord Byron, and Jonathan Swift, or "A Digression in Praise of Digressions"" (2010). Theses & Honors Papers. 36.
https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/etd/36
