Don Juan By Lord Byron 1949 vintage hardcover book

Description: Don Juan George Gordon Lord Byron With an introduction by Louis Kronenberger Published by The Modern Library, New York, 1949 Preceded by: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Followed by: Mazeppa Used/ Hardcover [First Modern Library Edition. Modern Library No. 24] Don Juan is a satiric poem by Lord Byron, based on the legend of Don Juan, which Byron reverses, portraying Juan not as a womaniser but as someone easily seduced by women. It is a variation on the epic form. Byron himself called it an "Epic Satire" (Don Juan, c. xiv, st. 99). Byron completed 16 cantos, leaving an unfinished 17th canto before his death in 1824. Byron claimed that he had no ideas in his mind as to what would happen in subsequent cantos as he wrote his work. When the first two cantos were published anonymously in 1819, the poem was criticised for its "immoral content", but it was also immensely popular. Item Description "First Modern Library Edition" Modern Library No. 24. A well preserved vintage copy with original dust jacket. Published by The Modern Library, New York, 1949. Good Condition. Hardcover edition with illustrated dust jacket. Red cloths boards with gilt design and bright lettering on front board and to spine. Illustrated end papers. 514pp. About the author George Gordon Byron, (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known as Lord Byron, was an English nobleman, poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic Movement. He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage as well as the short lyric poem "She Walks in Beauty". He travelled extensively across Europe, especially in Italy, where he lived for seven years in the cities of Venice, Ravenna and Pisa. During his stay in Italy he frequently visited his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire, for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. He died in 1824 at the age of 36 from a fever contracted in Missolonghi. Often described as the most flamboyant and notorious of the major Romantics, Byron was both celebrated and castigated in his life for his aristocratic excesses, which included huge debts, numerous love affairs with both men and women, as well as rumors of a scandalous liaison with his half-sister. His only legitimate child, Ada Lovelace, is regarded as the first computer programmer based on her notes for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. Byron's illegitimate children include Allegra Byron, who died in childhood, and possibly Elizabeth Medora Leigh. Pictures are of actual item(s). Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks Track Page Views WithAuctiva's FREE Counter

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