An allusion to Don Juan: reappraising Branwell Brontë’s Byronic self-fashioning

IF 0.1 3区文学 0 LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES

Bronte Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-16 DOI:10.1080/14748932.2021.1991615

J. Shears

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Abstract

In January 1847, Branwell Brontë wrote a letter to his friend J. B. Leyland quoting from Lord Byron’s satirical epic Don Juan (1819–24). This was an unusual choice of allusion given that the topic is Byron’s feelings of longsuffering that Branwell usually related to other Byron works such as Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812–18) and Manfred (1817). This essay explores the reasons why the stanzas to which Branwell refers seemed a more appropriate literary touchstone at a point in his life when he was publicly suffering personal and professional embarrassment as he struggled to come to terms with romantic disappointment and his heavy drinking.

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对唐璜的影射：重新评价布兰维尔·布朗特的拜伦式自我塑造

1847年1月，布兰维尔·布朗特写信给他的朋友J·B·利兰，引用拜伦勋爵的讽刺史诗《唐璜》（1819-24）。这是一个不同寻常的典故选择，因为主题是拜伦的长期忍耐感，而布兰威尔通常将其与拜伦的其他作品联系起来，如Childe Harold的《朝圣》（1812-18）和Manfred（1817）。这篇文章探讨了为什么布兰威尔所指的诗节在他生命中的某个时刻似乎是一块更合适的文学试金石，当时他正努力接受浪漫的失望和酗酒，公开遭受个人和职业的尴尬。

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Bronte Studies LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES-

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期刊介绍： Brontë Studies is the only journal solely dedicated to research on the Brontë family. Published continuously since 1895, it aims to encourage further study and research on all matters relating to the Brontë family, their background and writings, and their place in literary and cultural history. Original, peer-reviewed articles are published as well as papers delivered at conferences, notes on matters of interest, short notices reporting research activities and correspondence arising from items previously published in the journal. The journal also provides an official record of the Brontë Society and reports new accessions to the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its research library.