Lyrical hero in poetry of George Gordon Byron презентация

George Gordon Byron 1788-1824 Well known poet and politician George Gordon Byron was known as Lord Byron

Слайд 1Lyrical hero in poetry of George Gordon Byron


Слайд 2George Gordon Byron

1788-1824
Well known poet and


politician
George Gordon Byron was
known as Lord Byron
Leading figure in
Romanticism


Слайд 3Early life

Son of Captain John Byron and Catherine Gordon
Born with a

club-foot which caused him much humiliation
A fragile self-esteem
Spent childhood in Scotland
Attended Harrow Public-School and Cambridge University


Слайд 4Major works:

«When we two parted»
«Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage»
«Lament of Tasso»
«She walks in

Beauty»

He created an immensely popular Romantic hero (known as the Byronic hero) - defiant, meloncholy young man, unforgivable event in his past.


Слайд 5«Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage»

Byron’s first literary triumph
Published in 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


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Success came in 1812 when Byron published the first two cantos

of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. “I awoke one morning and found myself famous”, he later said.


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Cantos 1 and 2 were published in 1812, Canto 3 in

1816, and Canto 4 in 1818. He gained his first poetic fame with the publication of the first two cantos.


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«She walks in Beauty»

Published in 1813
Dedicated to Mrs. Anne Wilmot, the

wife of Byron’s first cousin (Sir Robert Wilmot)

The theme of the poetry is the woman’s exceptional beauty, internal as well as external.


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«When we two parted»

A lyric poetry about the parting of two

lovers
Dedicated to Lady Frances Annesley
Wrote the poetry out of jealously in relation to the scandalous relationship between her and the Duke of Wellington


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“Always laugh when you can. It’s cheap medicine.”

-Lord Byron


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Thank you for attention!


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