Haroldian
Haroldian adjective: of or relating to Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a lengthy narrative poem published between 1812 and 1818.
Adjective
Haroldian (comparative more Haroldian, superlative most Haroldian)
- Of or relating to Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a lengthy narrative poem published between 1812 and 1818.
- One could assume that the three poems that Heine had translated influenced him the most of all from among Byron's writings. And, indeed, the Book of Songs is full of Haroldian echoes.2004, Richard Andrew Cardwell, The Reception of Byron in Europe: Southern Europe, France, and Romania, page 252
- But the way that the Haroldian allusion to Byron's recent exile of 1816 is superimposed upon this, gives a particular significance to the father character[…]2012, Caroline Franklin, The Female Romantics: Nineteenth-century Women Novelists and Byronism, page 51
Forms of Haroldian
| comparative | more Haroldian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Haroldian |
Origin of Haroldian
From Harold + -ian.
Questions about Haroldian
- What does Haroldian mean?
- Haroldian means of or relating to Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a lengthy narrative poem published between 1812 and 1818.
- What part of speech is Haroldian?
- Haroldian is an adjective.
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