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Selected Poetry
Lord Byron
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Description for Selected Poetry
paperback. This selection of the Byron's poetical works includes such masterpieces as Childe Harold, The Corsair, Manfred, Bebbo, and Don Juan. There are many other less familiar works and shorter lyrics, and Jerome J. McGann's introduction and notes give fascinating insight into Byron's world. Editor(s): McGann, Jerome J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Byron was a legend in his own lifetime and the dominant influence on the Romantic movement. The most European of the English writers in an age of revolution, Byron was deeply involved in contemporary events, and a passionate supporter of the struggle for Greek independence. Describing himself as `born for opposition', his work was largely directed against what he called the `cant political, cant poetical, and cant moral' of the English and European worlds. He was rocketed to fame by the publication of Childe Harold in 1812, and lionized by society until his departure from England ... Read more
Byron was a legend in his own lifetime and the dominant influence on the Romantic movement. The most European of the English writers in an age of revolution, Byron was deeply involved in contemporary events, and a passionate supporter of the struggle for Greek independence. Describing himself as `born for opposition', his work was largely directed against what he called the `cant political, cant poetical, and cant moral' of the English and European worlds. He was rocketed to fame by the publication of Childe Harold in 1812, and lionized by society until his departure from England ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199538782
SKU
9780199538782
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About Lord Byron
Jerome J. McGann is John Stewart Byran Professor of English at the University of Virginia.
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