Lord Byron: English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English peer, nobleman, politician, and poet.
He was christened George Gordon Byron, but changed his name later in life. He adopted the surname Noel, so that he could inherit half his mother-in-law's estate.
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| Born | 22 January 1788 London, England |
| Died | 19 April 1824 (aged 36) Messolonghi, Greece |
| Occupation | Poet, revolutionary, politician |
Lord Byron was the son Captain John Byron and Catherine Gordon.
He was a leading figure in Romanticism. He was regarded as one of the greatest European poets and many people still read his works. Among his best-known works are the narrative poems Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan.
Lord Byron is also famous for the way he lived his life. He was a dandy, living extravagantly, with many love affairs and debts. His fight against the Turks in the Greek War of Independence led to his death from a fever in Messolonghi in Greece. He is buried in the family vault in St. Mary Magdalene Church, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England. A memorial was not raised to him in Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey until 1969.
His daughter, Ada Lovelace, was famous because she collaborated with Charles Babbage on the "analytical engine," a predecessor to modern computers.
Bibliography
Major works
- Hours of Idleness (1806)
- English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809) [1] Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812–1818) [2] Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
- The Giaour (1813) [3]
- The Bride of Abydos (1813)
- The Corsair (1814) [4] Archived 2007-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Lara (1814)
- Hebrew Melodies (1815)
- The Siege of Corinth (poem) (1816)
- Parisina (1816)
- The Prisoner Of Chillon (1816) (text on Wikisource)
- The Dream (1816)
- Prometheus (1816)
- Darkness (1816)
- Manfred (1817) (text on Wikisource)
- The Lament of Tasso (1817)
- Beppo (1818)
- Mazeppa (1819)
- The Prophecy of Dante (1819)
- Marino Faliero (1820)
- Sardanapalus (1821)
- The Two Foscari (1821)
- Cain (1821)
- The Vision of Judgement (1821)
- Heaven and Earth (1821)
- Werner (1822)
- The Deformed Transformed (1822)
- The Age of Bronze (1823)
- The Island (1823)
- Don Juan (1819–1824; incomplete on Byron's death in 1824)
Minor works
- So, we'll go no more a roving (text on Wikisource)
- The First Kiss of Love (1806) (text on Wikisource)
- Thoughts Suggested by a College Examination (1806) (text on Wikisource)
- To a Beautiful Quaker (1807) (text on Wikisource)
- The Cornelian (1807) (text on Wikisource)
- Lines Addressed to a Young Lady (1807) (text on Wikisource)
- Lachin y Garr (1807) (text on Wikisource)
- Epitaph to a Dog (1808) (text on Wikisource)
- She Walks in Beauty (1814) (text on Wikisource)
- When We Two Parted (text on Wikisource)
Further reading
- MacCarthy, Fiona: Byron: Life and Legend. John Murray, 2002. ISBN 0-7195-5621-X.
- McGann, Jerome: Byron and Romanticism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-00722-4.
- Rosen, Fred: Bentham, Byron and Greece. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992. ISBN 0-19-820078-1
- Nicholson, Andrew, editor: The Letters of John Murray to Lord Byron. Liverpool University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84631-069-0.
- Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Carré d'Art : Barbey d'Aurevilly, lord Byron, Salvador Dalí, Jean-Edern Hallier, Anagramme éditions, 2008. ISBN 2350-35189-0
References
Other websites
- Pictures of Byron's Walk, Seaham, County Durham Archived 2008-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Poems by Lord Byron at PoetryFoundation.org
- Podcast—Listen Live or download Audio of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Lord Byron
- A Website of the Romantic Movement Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Works by George Byron at Project Gutenberg
- The Byron Society
- The Byron Society's Journal Archived 2021-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- The International Byron Society
- Byron's Grave
- Detailed site on Newstead Abbey, Byron's ancestral home, and on Byron's life in general
- Hucknall Parish Church, Byron's final resting place Archived 2010-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Statue of Byron at Trinity College, Cambridge
- Complete list of Byron poetry
- The Byron Cronology Archived 2010-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Discussion of Byron's homosexuality Archived 2014-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Byron's Poetical Works, Vol. 1 Archived 2004-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Byron's Poetical Works, Vol. 6
- The Works Of Lord Byron, Letters and Journals, Vol. 1 Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals, Vol. 2 Archived 2004-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Byron's 1816-1824 letters to Murray and Moore about Armenian studies and translations
- The biography Byron Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine by John Nichol
- Byron quotes
- Lord George Gordon Byron—Biography & Works Archived 2004-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Centre for Byron Studies, University of Nottingham Archived 2004-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- The first Full English translation of Fantasmagoriana (Tales of The Dead)
- Byron page on The Literature Network
- Films based on Byron's life and works
- 2003 television dramatization of Byron's life by the BBC
- Detailed account of Byron's love for animals
- Inscription on the monument to Boatswain, Byron's dog Archived 2008-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- More on Byron's Newfoundland dogs
- Byron manuscripts at the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas Archived 2010-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
- George Gordon, Lord Byron at Find-A-Grave
| Preceded by William Byron | Baron Byron 1798–1824 | Succeeded by George Byron |
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