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George Gordon Byron

George Gordon Byron. Getter Õigus, 11a. George Gordon Byron. 1788-1824 6th Baron Byron a British poet, a leading figure in Romanticism born on 22 January 1788 t he son of Captain John Byron and Catherine Gordon. The coat of arms of the Byron family. Byron. b orn with a club-foot

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George Gordon Byron

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  1. George Gordon Byron Getter Õigus, 11a

  2. George Gordon Byron • 1788-1824 • 6th Baron Byron • a British poet, a leading figure in Romanticism • born on 22 January 1788 • the son of Captain John Byron and Catherine Gordon

  3. The coat of arms of the Byron family

  4. Byron • born with a club-foot • spent his childhood in Aberdeen, Scotland • in 1789, at the age of 10, inherited the title and estates of his great-uncle, Lord Byron • stayed at Harrow for 4 years (1801-1805) • attended Trinity College in Cambridge

  5. Byron • in 1807 appeared his first collection of poetry, Hours Of Idleness • answered his critics with satire English Bards And Scotch Reviewersin 1808 • took the seat in the House of Lords in 1809 • travelled to Mediterranean countries • success came in 1812 with Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

  6. Byron • many bisexual love affairs and debts • married Anne Isabella Milbanke in 1815 • has only one legitimate child – daughter Ada • rumors of incest

  7. Byron • left England in 1816, never to return • settled in Switzerland with Claire Clairmont and Percy Bysshe Shelley • spent 2 years in Italy • became interested in drama and wrote The Two Foscari, Sardanapalaus, Cain, and the unfinished Heaven And Earth.

  8. Byron • armed a brig, the Hercules, and sailed to Greece to aid the Greeks, who had risen against their Ottoman overlords • contracted a malarial fever and died on 19 April 1824 • his body was refused by Westminster and St Paul’s • his coffin was placed in the family vault in Nottinghamshire

  9. The Byronic hero • pervades much of his work • literary history from John Milton and other Romantic authors • an idealised, but flawed character • great talent and passion • distaste for society • self-destructive manner • alienation from the society • incestuous love

  10. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage • published 1812-1818 • dedicated to Charlotte Harley • consists of 4 cantos • the travels of a world-weary young man • Childe - a young man who was a candidate for knighthood • colorful descriptions of exotic nature, a lyrical exaltation of freedom, lonely hero

  11. Don Juan • Byron’s magnum opus • 17 cantos • the epic of its time • includes all levels — social, political, literary and ideological • the first two cantos were published anonymously in 1819 • completed 16 cantos, leaving the 17th unfinished

  12. Don Juan • Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant,The age discovers he is not the true one;Of such as these I should not care to vaunt,I'll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan

  13. She Walks In Beauty • She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that's best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes:Thus mellowed to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less,Had half impaired the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress,Or softly lightens o'er her face;Where thoughts serenely sweet expressHow pure, how dear their dwelling place.

  14. Thank you for your attention!

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