Lord Byron - Wikipedia
WebGeorge Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. [6]
Lord Byron | Biography, Poems, Don Juan, Daughter, & Facts
WebApr 20, 2024 · Lord Byron, British Romantic poet whose published works and personality captured the imagination of Europe during his lifetime. His greatest poem, Don Juan, is a witty satirical commentary that exposes the hypocrisy …
Lord Byron (George Gordon) | Poetry Foundation
WebJan 22, 2012 · The most flamboyant and notorious of the major English Romantic poets, George Gordon, Lord Byron, was likewise the most fashionable poet of the early 1800s. He created an immensely popular Romantic hero—defiant, melancholy, haunted by secret guilt—for which, to many, he seemed the model.
Lord Byron - Poems, Quotes & Books - Biography
WebApr 2, 2014 · Lord Byron is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and is best known for his amorous lifestyle and his brilliant use of the English language. (1788-1824) Who Was Lord Byron? Lord...
Lord Byron | His Life, Writing, Affairs & Death | HistoryExtra
WebPublished: April 18, 2024 at 8:51 AM. Who was Lord Byron? Born George Gordon Byron on 22 January 1788, the poet – one of the famous of the Romantics – was the only son of Captain ‘Mad Jack’ Byron and Catherine Gordon, a Scottish heiress.
Two centuries on, Greece loves Byron more than ever
WebApr 21, 2024 · Lord Byron, a national hero for Greeks, far removed from ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’. Photograph: Getty Images. The Observer Greece. Two centuries on, Greece loves Byron more than ever....
Lord Byron Was Hard to Pin Down. That’s What Made Him Great.
WebApril 19, 2024. This week is the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s death. The most famous poet of his age (an odd phrase now) died fighting for Greek independence in the marshes of...
Lord Byron Was More Than Just Byronic | The New Yorker
WebFeb 26, 2024 · Lord Byron Was More Than Just Byronic. Two centuries after his death, the works of the great Romantic poet reveal a sensibility whose restless meld of humor and melancholy feels thoroughly...
Lord Byron - British and Irish Literature - Oxford Bibliographies
WebSep 20, 2012 · George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (b. 1788–d. 1824), was one of the most important poets of the British romantic period and one of the most prominent public figures in Regency England. His poetry is wide-ranging and accomplished, from lyrics and couplet satires to narrative poems and plays and the masterful satirical epic Don Juan.
BBC - History - Lord Byron
WebLord Byron (1788-1824) a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. m. n. o. p. q. r. s. t. u. v. w. x. y. z. Lord Byron, c. 1810 © Byron was the ideal of the Romantic poet, gaining notoriety for...
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