Book
Manfred
by Lord Byron
- Published
- 1817
- Genre
- Fiction
- Pages
- 84
- Words
- 11464
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3730956-manfred?ac=1&from_search=true
Byron wrote this "metaphysical drama", as he called it, after his marriage failed in scandal amidst charges of sexual improprieties and an incestuous affair between Byron and his half-sister, Augusta Leigh. Attacked by the press and ostracized by London society, Byron fled England for Switzerland in 1816 and never returned. Because Manfred was written immediately after this and because Manfred regards a main character tortured by his own sense of guilt for an unmentionable offense, some critics consider Manfred to be autobiographical, or even confessional.
Collections
Harvard Classics
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