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Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Basically, they were the early 1800s’ answer to Justin Bieber . . Lord Byron. “The only peer poet I am familiar with is Lord Byron, and I presume we all know how that ended.” –Violet, the Dowager Countess of Grantham. So who was he?.
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Byron, Shelley, and Keats Basically, they were the early 1800s’ answer to Justin Bieber.
Lord Byron “The only peer poet I am familiar with is Lord Byron, and I presume we all know how that ended.” –Violet, the Dowager Countess of Grantham
So who was he? • George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron • Born January 22, 1788 in London • Died April 19, 1824 in the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Greece) • Left England, never to return, in 1816 • Died of illness while aiding the Greek army in battles against the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
What did he write? • Don Juan, a poetic tale of one of literature’s greatest jerks • Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage • Created idea of the Byronic hero (a strong, moody man) • She Walks in Beauty
Why is he interesting? • The most notorious and most excess of the Romantics • Owed huge debts • Numerous love affairs with both sexes • Had at least one, possibly two, illegitimate children • Rumors of an incestuous relationship with his sister • He is largely responsible for the Romantics’ reputation
Who was he? • Born August 4, 1792 at Field Place in Sussex, England • Died July 8, 1822 in a lake in Lerici, Sardinia (modern-day Italy) • Drowned • Possibly suicide • Married twice • Three children
What did he write? • Ode to the West Wind • Ozymandias • The Masque of Anarchy • To a Skylark • When Soft Voices Die • When the Lamp is Shattered
Why is he interesting? • He was friends with Lord Byron. • His personal life was a mess. • His second wife wrote Frankenstein. • He influenced many writers (both British and not) over the next century.
Who was he? • Born on October 31, 1795 in London • Died of tuberculosis on February 23, 1821 in Rome • He never married. • His one great love was his “Bright Star,” Frances Brawne. • He is one of the saner Romantics.
What did he write? • Bright Star • On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer • A Thing of Beauty • La Belle Dame Sans Merci (The Beautiful Woman without Mercy) • Ode on a Grecian Urn
Why is he interesting? • Inspired writers such as Jorge Luis Borges • Writer of the great odes of the Romantics • One of the most popular English poets of all time • His personal life was shockingly boring.