Selected Poems
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- Paperback
880 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2005
Summary
A generous selection from the most charismatic and infamous of the Romantic poets.
Described as ‘Mad, bad and dangerous to know’ by one of his lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lord Byron was the quintessential Romantic. Flamboyant, charismatic and brilliant, he remains almost as notorious for his life - as a political revolutionary, sexual adventurer and traveller - as he does for his literary work. Yet he produced some of the most daring and exuberant poetry of the Romantic age, from ‘To …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140424508 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140424504 |
| Author: | Lord Byron, Peter Manning, Susan Wolfson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 880 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2005 |
| Weight: | 635g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 49mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Lord Byron
Lord Byron (1788-1824) - Byron (of Rochdale), George (Gordon), 6th Baron. The most notorious Romantic poet and satirist. He was among the most famous of the English ‘Romantic’ poets; his contemporaries included Percy Shelley and John Keats. He was also a satirist whose poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe. His major works include Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812-18) and Don Juan (1819-24). He died of fever and exposure while engaged in the Greek struggle for independence.
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