Selected Poems of Byron (Wordsworth Poetry Library)

George Gordon Byron

ISBN 10: 1853264067 / ISBN 13: 9781853264061

Published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Selected Poems of Byron (Wordsworth Poetry Library)
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853264067
• ISBN 13: 9781853264061
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

With an Introduction, Bibliography and Glossary by Dr Paul Wright, Trinity College, Carmarthen.

'I mean to show things really as they are, not as they ought to be'. wrote Byron (1788-1824) in his comic masterpiece Don Juan, which follows the adventures of the hero across the Europe and near East which Byron knew so well, touching on the major political, cultural and social concerns of the day.

This selection includes all of that poem, and selections from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and the satirical poems 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers' and 'A Vision of Judgement'. Paul Wright's detailed introductions place Byron's colourful life and work within their broader social and political contexts, and demonstrate that Byron both fostered and critiqued the notorious 'Byronic myth' of heroic adventure, political action and sexual scandal.

About the Author

Thomas Moore was a monk in a Catholic religious order for twelve years and has degrees in theology, musicology, and philosophy. A former professor of psychology, he is the author of Care of the Soul, Soul Mates, The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life, The Education of the Heart, The Soul of Sex, and Original Self. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two children.