Last name: Byron
Name/names: George, Gordon, Noel
Also known as: Lord Byron
Born: 22 styczeń 1788 (London, United Kingdom)
Died: 19 April 1824 (With theirests, Greece)
Category: Literature
Byron George Gordon – ur. 22.I.1788 in London, He died 19.IV.1824 in Misolungi, English poet and playwright, One of the co -founders of the European Romantic Movement; Author m.in. poematu dygresyjnego Childe Harold wandering (1812), powieści poetyckich Giaur (1813), Corsair (1814), dramas: Manfred (1817), Kain (1821), poematu Don Juan (1823). After a moral scandal (Romance with a natural sister) He left England forever (1816). W 1823 He joined the fight for the liberation of Greece.
Not only creativity, But the unconventional spiritual attitude of Byron has become a phenomenon on a European scale, Fascinating young poets looking for a new ideological pattern. A descendant of the great family, lord Byron, not avoiding loud romances, Facing the Big World Conventions, negating the rational order of the XVIII in. the width of your gesture, aroused widespread interest and admiration. Po opublikowaniu Childe Harold wandering, poetic aftermath of a romantic journey around Europe, It became clear, that a new type of hero has appeared, skeptic, not reconciled with reality, individualist, who is looking for his truth about the world. Only, however, the poetic novels of Byron crystallized the new type of hero, który w historii literatury miał zostać określony mianem A fantastic hero. He became a man at odds with the world, About the weakened faith, covering some terrible secret in his dark past, passionate, distrustful of people. Suffering, but also in its own way wild, absolute, Also towards yourself. Hero, shown by the poet against the background of exotic nature, In a rapid action he slowly revealed his secret, but he was not able to explore or settle the world. Ten anarchic
bohater budził sprzeciw poetów starej szkoły, toteż Mickiewicz, translator Gaura, bronił jego reputation
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Byron's children are not common criminals, not cold egoists but crazy fanatics, in love with their perversity and stupidity (…) Byron's people have a sucking.
That's true, conscience
stanowi przekleństwo bajronicznych bohaterów, tormented by reproach and longing for lost happiness.