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1、LordByronGeorgeGordon,LordByron(1788-1824)AnEnglishpoet,borninLondon,England,Jan.22,1788,anddiedinMissolonghi,Greece,April19,1824.LordByronwasperhapsthemostfascinating&influentialliterarypersonalityoftheRomanticage.Aneloquentpoet,handsomenobleman&politicalrebe
2、l.Hewasoneofthemostpopular¬oriousfiguresofthe19thcentury.Hewasbornin1788withaclub–footandbecameextremelysensitiveabouthislameness.HewenttoHarrow,thentotheTrinityCollegeofCambridgein1807.In1809,ByronbecameamemberoftheHouseofLords.HisgrandtourtoSpainandGreece
3、resultedinChildeHarold'sPilgrimage(1812),anautobiographicalwork,whichmadehimfamousovernight.Hislife:In1815,hewasmarriedandhadadaughter.Theunhappymarriageendednextyear.In1816,heleftEnglandbecauseofhisdivorceandtherumorsthathehadanaffairwithhishalf-sister,andnev
4、erreturned.HesailedtoGenevatomeetShelleyandotherfriends,thentoGreecetohelpwiththefightagaintheTurkish,wherehegotafeveranddiedin1824Byron'slifefeaturedaristocraticexcesses,hugedebts,numerousloveaffairs,andself-imposedexile.ByronservedasaregionalleaderofItaly'sr
5、evolutionaryorganizationinitsstruggleagainstAustria.HelatertravelledtofightagainsttheOttomanEmpireintheGreekWarofIndependence,forwhichGreeksreverehimasanationalhero.HediedfromafevercontractedwhileinMessolonghiinGreece.HisMajorWorksHoursofIdleness(1807)Hisfirst
6、collectionofpoetryreceivedbadreviewsChildeHarold’sPilgrimage(1812)anarrativepoembecameanadoredcharacterofLondonsociety“Iawokeonemorningtofindmyselffamous.”EnglishBardsAndScotchReviewersansweredhiscriticsDonJuan(1818--1823)Anepicsatire,unfinished,hismasterpiece
7、Cain(1821)alyricaldramaByronicheroAthemethatpervadesmuchofByron'sworkisthatoftheByronichero,anidealizedbutflawedcharacterwhoseattributesinclude:1)beingarebel;2)havingadistasteforsocialinstitutions;3)beinganexile;4)expressingalackofrespectforrankandprivilege;5)
8、havinggreattalent;6)hidinganunsavourypast;7)beinghighlypassionate;8)ultimately,beingself-destructiveTheliteraryhistoryoftheByronicheroinEnglishcanbetracedfromMilton,especiallyMilto