Lord Byron

Informationen zum Autor Paul Muldoon is the author of fifteen collections of poetry, including Moy Sand and Gravel , for which he received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Among his other awards are the 1994 T. S. Eliot Prize, the 2003 Griffin Prize, the 2015 Pigott Prize, and the 2017 Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Born in County Armagh in 1951, he has lived since 1987 in the United States, where he is the Howard G. B. Clark Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University. In 2022 he was appointed Ireland Professor of Poetry. Klappentext In this series! a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. He succeeded to a baronetcy in 1798! and as Lord Byron he was soon to become the most famous poet of his age - with the publication of Childe Harold! in 1812 - as well as one of its most notorious characters. Zusammenfassung In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. George Gordon was born in London in 1788, of Scottish, French and English extraction. He succeeded to a baronetcy in 1798, and as Lord Byron he was soon to become the most famous poet of his age - with the publication of Childe Harold , in 1812 - as well as one of its most notorious characters. His career spanned a momentous period in European history, in which Byron himself was deeply involved. He left England in 1816, and died in Missolonghi, Greece (where he had gone to join the forces struggling for Greek independence) in 1824.

Product details

• Authors: Lord George Gordon Byron, Paul Muldoon, Muldoon Paul
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2007
• EAN: 9780571236633
• ISBN: 978-0-571-23663-3
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Poetry; Poet to Poet; Poet to Poet; Poetry
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Englisch, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poet to Poet; Romantics, Literary studies: poetry and poets