Hi,
i'm taking what might appear to be an untenable liberty of complying with
Michael's request in this respect. I hope it doesn't get into cross-posting
in a negative way. I'd reply to him direct.
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From: Michael Peverett <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Michael Peverett <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 22:27:10 +0000
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Byron
Last night's predictably awful TV programme "about" Byron - it was really
just TV about TV - at one moment unexpectedly roused my interest. It
referred to "The Corsair" (1814) as "a tale of incestuous love" (of course,
in relation to blah about Augusta Leigh and her daughter Medora).
Since I've recently been reading "The Corsair" to death and have never
noticed the slightest hint of incestuous love, can anyone point out to me
where in the text this is hiding? Alternatively, if this is one of those
Byron myths, how did it originate? (it doesn't originate with the BBC; I
have found it repeated - though not elucidated - a couple of times on the
web.)
Obviously this is probably the wrong list on which to make this query, but
it's the only one I belong to, so if someone could forward it to POETRYETC
that would be a great kindness.
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