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 conventio
Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) was one of Britain's greatest poets, born on January 22nd, 1788 in London, England. His father was Captain John Byron, known as 'Mad Jack', and his mother was Catherine Gordon. Catherine was John's second wife,
3rd earl of Bessborough. The marriage had failed even before Lady Caroline’s affair with Byron in 1812–13, and, after several estrangements and reconciliations, it ended in separation in 1825, three years before her death. Subsequently, Lamb was named as corespondent in two unsuccessful divorce...
Byron's loyal friends insisted he left England voluntarily: "There was not the slightest necessity even in appearance for his going abroad," wrote the stalwart John Cam Hobhouse. The facts of Byron's exile have been glossed over by most of his biographers. Proliferating accusations of cruelty...
Edward. Blaquièreprinter. Shackell and ArrowsmithBlaquiere, E. 1825. Narrative of a Second Visit to Greece : including facts connected with the last days of Lord Byron ; extracts from correspondence, official documents, &c. Vol. ...
I'm all up for a brutal mosh of large sweaty men beating each other up, but at Splendour In The Grass at Byron Bay, these things shouldn't be done. The crowd didnt really handle him well, as he landed on top of many teenage girls to the left of me (I was still front row ...
Hours of Idleness, first collection of poems by Lord Byron, published in 1807 when he was 19 years old. The poems are generally regarded as commonplace at best. The date of each poem’s composition was noted in the book. A sneering review published in Th
ofAlexander Pope,Sir Walter Scott, andJohn Milton. To his youth also belongsThe Devil and the Lady(a collection of previously unpublished poems published posthumously in 1930), which shows an astonishing understanding of Elizabethan dramatic verse.Lord Byronwas a dominant influence on the young ...