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Selected Poems
Lord George Gordon Byron
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Description for Selected Poems
Paperback. Editor(s): Wolfson, Susan; Manning, Peter. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 594.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
880
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
880
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140424508
SKU
V9780140424508
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99-28
About Lord George Gordon 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 ... Read more
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