Don Juan
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.84 (801 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1535280018 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 406 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sentiment and Satire Although I normally read and review only novels, I was intrigued by the short excerpts from Byron's "Epic Satire" DON JUAN that Stendhal used as chapter-epigraphs in THE RED AND THE BLACK, and read both simultaneously. Published between 1819 and 182Sentiment and Satire Roger Brunyate Although I normally read and review only novels, I was intrigued by the short excerpts from Byron's "Epic Satire" DON JUAN that Stendhal used as chapter-epigraphs in THE RED AND THE BLACK, and read both simultaneously. Published between 1819 and 1824, in sixteen cantos containing an average of 125 eight-line stanzas in each, Byron's work is essentially a vast novel in verse, a coming-of-age story, an erotic romp, and a fount of social commentary all in one. He reverses the normal characterization of Juan, turning the serial seducer into a pretty innocent who is himself seduc. , in sixteen cantos containing an average of 125 eight-line stanzas in each, Byron's work is essentially a vast novel in verse, a coming-of-age story, an erotic romp, and a fount of social commentary all in one. He reverses the normal characterization of Juan, turning the serial seducer into a pretty innocent who is himself seduc. read this at all costs the lord As far as I am concerned this is what great writing looks like. Byron was, is, and shall forever be the master. This is poetry at its best; funny, enlightening, entertaining, beautiful. It is a work to be read and read again. It is a work to be absorbed. It is a work to be eaten.. Bill R. Moore said Byron's Masterpiece. Don Juan is recognized as Lord Byron's masterpiece and English's greatest mock epic poem but is also one of the greatest epic poems period. It has the strengths of prior Byron masterworks like Childe Harold's Pilgrimage plus a wealth of additional biting satire and other humor, fantastic poetic dexterity, and sheer imaginative abundance. Though a favorite of many poetry buffs, it is also known for appealing to those who do not normally like poetry. It is an immortal work that continues to sparkle and invigorate nearly as much as ever for those alive to its magic.The first th
Byron was notorious in his day for such things as huge debts and numerous love affairs, but the popularity of his poetry has never waned. Lord Byron was a prominent English poet who contributed significantly to the Romantic movement. Don Juan is an epic poem based on the legendary character. The poem is noted for being satirical in nature as Byron portrays Don Juan as someone that is easily seduced by women, rather than just being a womanizer.
George Gordon, afterwards Lord Byron, was born in London in 1788. His first poems were written at Harrow before he proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge, acquiring a reputation for high living. He published two volumes, Fugitive Pieces and Hours of Idleness, in 1807, but they attracted criticism. He inherited the title and seat at Newstead Abbey, but littl
After a Mediterranean tour, Byron completed the first two cantos of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, which made him a celebrity on publication in 1812. Further poems were successful but the end of his brief and unsuitable marriage in 1816 led to scandal and Byron left England never to return. He contracted rheumatic fever from a severe chill in an open boat, and died in April 1824. He inherited the title and seat at Newstead Abbey, but little money, in 1798. He published two volumes, Fugitive Pieces and Hours of Idleness, in 1807, but they attracted criticism. About the Author George Gordon, afterwards Lord Byron, was born in London in 1788. He went to Switzerland with Percy and