Dramatic poem · 1817

Manfred

A Dramatic Poem

by George Gordon, Lord Byron

Byron's Faustian drama of a Count in the high Alps, tormented by guilt over the death of Astarte, who summons the spirits of the universe, refuses to bow to Arimanes, and defies the demons who come for his soul.

Contents · 10 parts

• Act I, Scene 1about 280 lines
• Act I, Scene 2about 140 lines
• Act II, Scene 1about 100 lines
• Act II, Scene 2about 220 lines
• Act II, Scene 382 lines
• Act II, Scene 4about 200 lines
• Act III, Scene 1about 190 lines
• Act III, Scene 236 lines
• Act III, Scene 379 lines
• Act III, Scene 4about 180 lines

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