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 Caroline' and 'To Woman' to the satirical English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, his exotic Eastern tales and the colourful narrative of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, the work that made him famous overnight and gave birth to the idea of the brooding Byronic hero.
By:
Lord Byron
Edited by:
Peter Manning,
Susan Wolfson
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 42mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9780140424508
ISBN 10: 0140424504
Pages: 880
Publication Date: 24 November 2005
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Selected Poems (Byron)Introduction Table of Dates Further Reading A Note on This Edition A Fragment ('When, to their airy hall, my fathers' voice') To Woman The Cornelian To Caroline ('You say you love, and yet your eye') English Bards And Scotch Reviewers: A Satire Lines to Mr Hodgson (Written on Board the Lisbon Packet) Maid of Athens, ere we part Written after Swimming from Sestos to Abydos To Thyrza ('Without a stone to mark the spot') Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt, Cantos I-II Preface to the First and Second Cantos To Ianthe Canto the First Canto the Second Appendix to Canto the Second An Ode to the Framers of the Frame Bill Lines to a Lady Weeping The Waltz: An Apostrophic Hymn Remember Thee! Remember Thee! The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale The Bride of Abydos: A Turkish Tale The Corsair: A Tale Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte Stanzas for Music She walks in beauty Lara: A Tale The Destruction of Sennacherib Napoleon's Farewell (From the French) From the French ('Must thou go, my glorious Chief') The Siege of Corinth When we two parted Fare thee well! Prometheus The Prisoner of Chillon: A Fable and Sonnet on Chillon Darkness Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt, Canto III Epistle to Augusta ('My sister! my sweet sister!' &c.) Lines (On Hearing that Lady Byron was Ill) Manfred: A Dramatic Poem So, we'll go no more a roving Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt, Canto IV Epistle from Mr Murray to Dr Polidori ('Dear Doctor, I have read your play') Beppo: A Venetian Story Epistle to Mr Murray ('My dear Mr Murray') Mazeppa Stanzas to the Po The Isles of Greece Francesca of Rimini. From the Inferno of Dante, Canto the Fifth Stanzas ('When a man hath no freedom') Sardanapalus: A Tragedy Who kill'd John Keats? The Blues"" A Literary Eclogue The Vision of Judgment On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year Notes Works Cited in the Notes Index of Titles Index of First Lines"
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.
