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‘The firmness of a female hand’ in The Corsair and Il corsaro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2003

Abstract

The dramatic climax of Byron's poem The Corsair comes when Gulnare, a harem slave, seizes a weapon to free herself and Conrad, the pirate whom she loves, from the prison of their common enemy the Pasha Seyd.

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Regular Articles
Copyright
2002 Cambridge University Press

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