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George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron belonged to the second generation of…
George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron belonged to the second generation of Romantic poets. He believed in individual liberty and saw nature as the landscape which reflected human feelings.
Life
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1816 – divorce, transfer to Geneva
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1824 – expedition in Missolonghi, death
Works
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The Giaour (1813), The Corsair (1814), Lara (1814) - verse narratives
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Manfred
main character: Manfred, the embodiment of the Byronic hero
Byronic hero
passionate, mysterious man
overreacher, who hides his past
solitary, driven by a sense of guilt
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sources: Faustus, Milton, Gothic novel, Cain
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