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1、LordGeorgeGordonByron(1788-1824)wasasfamousinhislifetimeforhispersonalitycultasforhispoetry.Hecreatedtheconceptofthe'Byronichero'-adefiant,melancholyyoungman,broodingonsomemysterious,unforgivableeventinhispast.Byron'sinfluenceonEuropeanpoetry,music,novel,opera,andpaintinghasbeenimmense(巨大的),alt
2、houghthepoetwaswidelycondemned（谴责；判刑）onmoralgroundsbyhiscontemporaries.GeorgeGordon,LordByron,wasthesonofCaptainJohnByron,andCatherineGordon.Hewasbornwithaclub-foot（跛足）andbecameextremesensitivityabouthislameness.ByronspenthisearlychildhoodyearsinpoorsurroundingsinAberdeen,wherehewaseducatedunti
3、lhewasten.Afterheinheritedthetitleandpropertyofhisgreat-unclein1798,hewentontoDulwich,Harrow,andCambridge,wherehepiledup（堆积；积累）debtsandarousedalarmwithbisexuallove（双性恋）affairs.StayingatNewsteadin1802,heprobablyfirstmethishalf-sister,AugustaLeighwithwhomhewaslatersuspectedofhavinganincestuous（ad
4、j.乱伦的；犯乱伦罪的；排外的）relationship.In1807Byron'sfirstcollectionofpoetry,HoursOfIdlenessappeared.Itreceivedbadreviews.Thepoetansweredhiscriticswiththesatire（n.讽刺文；讽刺）EnglishBardsAndScotchReviewersince1808.NextyearhetookhisseatintheHouseofLords,andsetoutonhisgrandtour,visitingSpain,Malta,Albania,Greece
5、,andtheAegean.Realpoeticsuccesscamein1812whenByronpublishedthefirsttwocantosofChildeHarold'sPilgrimage(1812-1818).Hebecameanadored（被崇拜的）characterofLondonsociety;hespokeintheHouseofLords（英国国会上议院）effectivelyonliberalthemes,andhadahecticlove-affairwithLadyCarolineLamb.Byron'sTheCorsair(1814),sold1
6、0,000copiesonthefirstdayofpublication.HemarriedAnneIsabellaMilbankein1815,andtheirdaughterAdawasborninthesameyear.Themarriagewasunhappy,andtheyobtainedlegalseparationnextyear.Whentherumorsstartedtoriseofhisincestanddebtswereaccumulating,ByronleftEnglandin1816,nevertoreturn.HesettledinGenevawith
7、PercyByssheShelley,MaryWollstonecraftShelley,andClaireClairmont,whobecamehismistress.TherehewrotethetwocantosofChildeHaroldand"ThePrisonerOfChillon".AttheendofthesummerByroncontinuedhistravels,spendingtwoyearsinItaly.Duringhisyear
