What is the variant of a literary archetype referring to a character that rejects established norms and conventions, named after a English Romantic poet?
Byronic hero The Byronic hero is a variant of the Romantic hero as a type of character, named after the English Romantic poet Lord Byron. Although there are traits and characteristics that exemplify the type, both Byron's own persona as well as characters from his writings are considered to provide defining features.
Man alone The man alone is a literary stock character. Usually an antihero, he is similar to the Byronic hero. The man alone tends to epitomise existentialism, and, in the words of the academic E. H. McCormick may be defined as "the solitary, rootless nonconformist, who in a variety of forms crops up persistently in New Zealand writing".