Byron’s exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favorite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written in ottava rima stanza form, Byron’s Don Juan blends high drama with earthy humor, outrageous satire of his contemporaries, and sharp mockery of Western societies, with England coming under particular attack.
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George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788–1824) gained a reputation for his startling good looks and extravagant behavior. With the publication in 1812 of the first two cantos of “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” he became instantly famous. His rumored relationship with his half- sister Augustine led him to leave England in 1816.
Susan J. Wolfson is professor of English at Princeton University.
Peter J. Manning is chair and professor of English at SUNY Stony Brook. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Susan J. Wolfson is professor of English at Princeton University.
Peter J. Manning is chair and professor of English at SUNY Stony Brook. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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This has to be the longest poem I've ever finished, and yet it still wasn't long enough. It's compulsively entertaining, touching, funny, exciting, and life-affirming. You don't have to be an academic to appreciate it. And even if you don't finish it, you'll appreciate what you do finish for its own sake.
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"When I want to know the news, I read Byron" -- Frank O'Hara And when you REALLY want to know the news, reach for "Don Juan" (pronunciation hint: 'Juan' is spoken as 'Joo-wan,' i.e. it rhymes with 'tear him a new one.') This, sports fans, is the original Thing Itself: not only is it caustic, sharp, and hysterically funny (remember that, readers -- it's meant to be FUNNY!), but Byron dictated a lot of it out loud while he was shaving in the morning. I'm not kidding. Read this brilliant stuff, and imagine a guy just making it up as he goes along, in the bathroom while he's shaving. (Yup, the original freestyler -- unbelievable.) It's worth reading the whole long thing just to come across gems like: "Her first thought was to cut off Juan's head; Her second was to cut off his... acquaintance." And as to its enduring relevance, well, consider Byron's razor-sharp two-line appraisal of women's rights in Muslim countries... "I speak of Christian lands in this comparison --- Where wives, at least, are seldom kept in garrison." Kick back, relax, and have yourself a Lord Byron: ice-cold, pure, and bottled at the source.
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Don Juan is one of those works that live forever. One of the greatest works of literature, Byron succeeds in encompassing everything in mock-epic. It has love, politics, passion and satire, to name but the few, and everyone should read it. Aeneid, Iliad, Metamorphoses and Don Juan, are in the same category, but the latter outshines them all!!
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In a note or preface (I forget which) by Mr W. Wordsworth to a poem, the subject of which, as far as it is intelligible, is the remorse of an unnatural mother for the destruction of a natural child, the courteous reader is desired to extend his usual courtesy so far as to suppose that the narrative is narrated by 'the captain of a merchantman or small trading vessel, lately retired upon a small annuity to some inland town, etc. etc.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Don Juan, Lord Henry, Don Alfonso, Donna Inez, Donna Julia, John Bull, Ave Maria, Aurora Raby, Black Friar, Fair Adeline, Great Britain, The Duchess of Fitz-Fulke New!
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In a note or preface (I forget which) by Mr W. Wordsworth to a poem, the subject of which, as far as it is intelligible, is the remorse of an unnatural mother for the destruction of a natural child, the courteous reader is desired to extend his usual courtesy so far as to suppose that the narrative is narrated by 'the captain of a merchantman or small trading vessel, lately retired upon a small annuity to some inland town, etc. etc.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rejected stanzas, human clay Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Juan, Lord Henry, Don Alfonso, Donna Inez, Donna Julia, John Bull, Ave Maria, Aurora Raby, Black Friar, Fair Adeline, Great Britain, The Duchess of Fitz-Fulke New!
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