George Gordon Noel Byron

1788 - 1824 *

one of the most important and notorious poets of the Romantic era, English-born.

His past was that of establishement -educated nobleman who was viewed by some in his time and later generations as the embodiment of Romanitc ideals.

Byron himself left his native home of England in a form of self imposed exile after rumors of an incestuous relationship with his half sister. A contradictory past led ultimatley to his death as the Commander of Greek forces in Mesolongion.

In 1812, when the first part of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage was published, the Byronic hero was born. This term would come to mean a young man of stormy emotions who rejects humanity and wanders through life with guilt and weighed down by his sins.

Byron's romantic poetry is some of the most beautiful and significant of its era.

          Source: Classics Network Editorial Team

The most notorious Romantic poet and satirist. Byron was famous in his lifetime for his love affairs with women and Mediterranean boys. He created his own cult of personality, the concept of the 'Byronic hero' - a defiant, melancholy young man, brooding on some mysterious, unforgivable in his past. "There's not a joy the world can give that it takes away / When the glow of early thought declines in feeling's dull decay, / 'Tis not on youth's smooth cheek the blush alone, which fades so fast, / But the tender bloom of heart is gone, ere youth itself be past." Byron's influence on European poetr... [read entire biography]

          Source: Petri Liukkonen

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Manichaeism, Skepticism, and Fideism -- Examines the theology of Lord Byron's closet drama Cain, A Mystery
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When Robert Browning Found His Feet -- A discussion of a mediating influence between Byron and Browning
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Lord Byron's "Don Juan" -- The essay focuses on the major themes of the poem and how it reflects the times it was written in as well as Lord Byron' s personal life. In his poem "Don Juan", Lord Byron explores the sophisticated realm of the human nature and emotions.
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