Lyrical hero in poetry of George Gordon Byron презентация

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

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

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

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

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

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

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