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Lord Byron. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English 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 British poets. [6]
Sep 14, 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 underlying social and sexual conventions.
Apr 2, 2014 · Lord Byron was one of the leading figures of the Romantic Movement in early 19th century England. The notoriety of his sexual escapades is surpassed only by the beauty and...
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.
Read a biography of the 19th century romantic poet Lord Byron who according to his peers was 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'.
Feb 26, 2024 · Books. 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...
Lord George Gordon Byron was an English poet and Romanticist who could largely be called the first historical celebrity. Notorious, often spoken about, direly hated, or slavishly worshipped, Lord Byron has gone down in history as being outrageous and outspoken, and, as Lady Caroline Lamb put it, ‘mad, bad, and dangerous to know’.
