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Lord Byron: The Major Works
Byron is regarded today as the ultimate Romantic, whose name has entered the language to describe a man of brooding passion. Although his private life shocked his contemporaries his poetry was immensely popular and influential, especially in Europe. This comprehensive edition includes the complete texts of his two poetic masterpieces Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan...more
Paperback, 1120 pages
Published
September 28th 2000
by Oxford University Press, USA
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Over 1000 pages of Byronic verse, drama, and letters. Byron has never been my favorite poet, but I dutifully trudged through this volume, the first Byron I have read since college. Byron is at his best when he's using his tongue-in-cheek ironic voice, and can sometimes be quite funny. But much of his works are just not that accessible to modern readers, especially Childe Harold, which is a bore. Certainly parts of Don Juan are still fun to read, but towards the end it begins to feel interminable...more
Byron has come to symbolize a lot in the public imagaination: the rebel, the casanova, the spoiled rich kid, the incestuous pervert, the care-free romantic, and the brooding Gothic genius. Yet in his work we find a very different personality shining through. Byron the sheer poet should not be missed.
Lord Byron inspired me throughout my adolescence and quickly became on e of my favorite poets. I still treasure my oxford worlds' classics book that was a gift from my High School Senior English teacher, Mr. Sergent. He instilled my love for literature!
This book has been getting me laid for well over a decade, and will continue to help me get laid for many decades to come; and that's how you know it's a Classic immemorial.
Beppo and The vision of judgement were definite favourites, but this is a volume to keep at hand to read again. I wonder why Byron was never mentioned at school.
Jul 10, 2009
Jake
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Lord Byron fans, Romantic Literature geeks
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poetry
This is a great edition, boasting a large sampling of Lord Byron's work. As titled, the most significant works are included, but a host of smaller, lesser-known work are as well.
I especially appreciate the combination of scholarly endnotes, and Byron's own notes for works like Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
This is one I am marking up and wearing out.
I especially appreciate the combination of scholarly endnotes, and Byron's own notes for works like Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
This is one I am marking up and wearing out.
Don Juan is an amazing thing, its funny for something so old!
The rest of the poems are great, just awesome too.
The rest of the poems are great, just awesome too.
Wasn't as good as I hoped, but still worth reading to appreciate the history and evolution of gothic literature.
Only upset that I haven't been able to get The Complete Works that used to be in my high school library
Unrivaled power and intensity. Where Keats excelled in lyricism, Byron excels in virile exuberance.
Dec 29, 2008
Valerie
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Working my way through Byron. I prefer Robert Browning, Tennyson and Kipling.
I have mixed feelings about this, First it starts off great , In a way that makes you wonder how can a human being have such sense and portrayal, but as we go deeper , parts of it become somewhat boring , such as ODE TO NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE.
Parts of his poem's were definitely magic, and other parts were just not so good, As a Muslim I liked when some verses he mentioned Allah , Eblis , and Some Arabic words like : Ghoul and Afrit, Also the famous Hassan showed up in some places , which was really...more
Parts of his poem's were definitely magic, and other parts were just not so good, As a Muslim I liked when some verses he mentioned Allah , Eblis , and Some Arabic words like : Ghoul and Afrit, Also the famous Hassan showed up in some places , which was really...more
He may have limped with a club-foot,
but his words danced.
but his words danced.
A colletion of excellent works by an admirable Poet
he's at his best when he avoids the "epic" stuff.
Loved his poetry when I was young. . .a major influence on the Brontes.
Lord Byron is a Genious poet
He's a rock star.
His doomed love... *sigh*
Spent a whole semester with this book. Byron certainly was an interesting guy.
I love his way of writing and the way he sees the world. I find myself in a lot of his poems and sometimes think, "He stole my idea!" =) My favorite one is Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - especially "Canto the second" part.
Byron was a master, endlessly witty, often insightful, and a magician with words. "Don Juan" is his best in terms of sheer verbal virtuosity, but "Cain" is the deepest and most haunting.
Aug 22, 2008
Amanda
marked it as to-read
I just named my fish after Lord Byron, and totally referenced a poem by his contemporary, Sir Walter Scott, that I thought Byron wrote. Whoops! I must read some as pitance.
There ought to be an 'abandoned' bookshelf option. Struggled through most of Childe Harold, but it was just so bloody boring. Couldn't face another 800 pages of this.
Probably should only have the Romantics if stranded on that deserted island with George Clooney...but regardless, it is my favorite era of poetry and a must have!
Romantic poetry is not exactly my thing but who can resist such works as "She Walks in Beauty"?
I'm a Byron fanatic. You all know this. This is an excellent collection.
May 23, 2013
Lisa1991
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George Gordon Byron (aka Lord Byron), later Noel, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale FRS was a British poet and a leading figure in Romanticism. Amongst Byron's best-known works are the brief poems She Walks in Beauty, When We Two Parted, and So, we'll go no more a roving, in addition to the narrative poems Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan. He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and r...more
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