The Dramatic Works of Lord Byron Including: Manfred, Cain, Doge of Venice, Sardanapalus and the Two Foscari; Together with His Hebrew Melodies and Oth

by Lord Byron

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Genres: Classics, Poetry

560 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

George Gordon Byron (invariably known as 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 remains widely read and influential, both in the English-speaking world and beyond.

Byron's notabilty rests not only on his writings but also on his life, which featured upper-class living, numerous love affairs, debts, and separation. He was notably described by Lady Caroline Lamb as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know". Byron served as a regional leader of Italy's revolutionary organization, the Carbonari, in its struggle against Austria. He later travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died from a fever contracted while in Messolonghi in Greece.

Reviews

[Mike Kelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Manfred is the only reason to pick up this volume. Distant cousin to the classic Faust myth. A world weary aristocrat summons higher spirits to help ease the secret guilt over his lost Astarte. A person of great talent and power truly dulled by the world who defies even the higher powers. Mankind at his most superhuman.

[Nina · Rating 5 out of 5]

TWO FOSCARI IS MY FAVORITE