Product Description

Mad bad and dangerous to known'Byron is often cast as the anti-hero of romantic literature. This selection ranges from the exuberant sexual enery of Don Juan to the wistful When We Two Parted.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #179306 in Books
• Published on: 1997-03-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 106 pages

Customer Reviews

The king of Romantic Poetry is crowned in all glory.
Rather than the 'debunking' of Romantic poetry, Byron offered an epilogue to its characteristics and sometimes over-serious style. Byron was on the edge of romanticism, verging on modernism, and the conflicts of interest are evident in this collection of his work. Jane Stabler meticulously chooses a varied collection of poems to complement Byron, combining the comic with the melancholic, the witty with the sad.

I reading Byron we can see, more clearly than ever, that the attempt to portray in some what 'What I can ne'er express, / Yet cannot all conceal...' is one of the most important challenges in literature. In a world where identity is questioned, where culture is "post-modern"(!) and where poetry is deemed unfashionable, it is nice to be able to see what the skill of language, vision and self-parody combined can result in.