Byronism
Americannoun
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Poe was in the grip of Byronism, but as a Childe Harold he was handicapped.
From Time Magazine Archive
Anyone loves to stand on the beach with a hurricane coming--a darkly lashing Byronism in surf and wind gets the blood up.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some feared that the legend of Hemingway virility was about to develop into a new Byronism.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is on the question how much of true poetry lies behind and independent of the scenery and properties of Byronism, that the great debate arises.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George
Beets, Nicolas, a Dutch theologian and poet, born at Haarlem; came, as a poet, under the influence of Byronism; b.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
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