Bc. Jan Svoboda

Master's thesis

Napoleonic imagination in William Blake, William Wordsworth and George Gordon Byron

Napoleonic imagination in William Blake, William Wordsworth and George Gordon Byron
Abstract:
Diplomová práce se zabývá reflexí Napoleona Bonaparta v poezii Williama Blakea, Williama Wordswortha a George Gordona Byrona. Práce se zaměřuje na fakt, že každý z těchto básníků "konstruuje" svoji vlastní verzi Napoleona Bonaparta. William Blake representuje první generaci anglických romantiků. Napoleon pro něj představuje hrozbu a Blake jej pojímá jako tyrana a utlačovatele. Pro William Wordswortha …more
Abstract:
The thesis deals with William Wordsworth, William Blake and George Gordon Byron and their poetical reactions to Napoleon Bonaparte. The thesis focuses on the fact that each poet constructed his own image of Napoleon. William Blake represents older generation of English romanticism and he saw Napoleon mostly as a tyrant and oppressor. William Wordsworth projected his disillusionment and lost hopes into …more
 

Keywords

romantismus Napoleon poesie William Wordsworth William Blake George Gordon Byron romanticism poetry
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 4. 5. 2010
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/vwv3h/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 17. 6. 2010
  • Supervisor: doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD.

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Philology / English Language and Literature

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