George Gordon Byron

This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Byron's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by important letters, journals, and conversations - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Byron is regarded today as the ultimate Romantic, whose name has entered the language to describe a man of brooding passion. Although his private life shocked his contemporaries his poetry was immensely popular and influential, especially in Europe. This comprehensive edition includes the complete texts of his two poetic masterpieces Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan, as well as the dramatic poems Manfred and Cain. There are many other shorter poems and part of the satire English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. In addition there is a selection from Byron's inimitable letters, extracts from his journals and conversations, as well as more formal writings. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

"Nederdrektig!" "En skamplett på landets litteratur!" Det var slike utsagn som møtte Byrons Don Juan ved utgivelsen i 1819; i dag regnes den til periodens hovedverker, en underholdende satire over menneskets muligheter, støpt i satirens glitrende form med en poetisk himmel over. Helten er ikke legendens onde forfører, men en ung mann som utsettes for skjebnens brå stormkast og som ustanselig faller for kvinners sjarm. Tråden i fortellingen sammenflettes med en rekke andre tråder - til sammen gir de et bilde av tidens moralske, religiøse, filosofiske, litterære, politiske, kulinariske, maritime, erotiske, nasjonale og internasjonale forhold. Mye er endret siden Byrons dager, men når man leser ham får man også av og til følelsen av at det bare er tilsynelatende. I sin moderne gjendiktning i ottava rima av det frodige og fremdeles livsfriske verket har Geir Uthaug skapt sin versjon av Byrons tekst, frekk i forhold til originalen, men like fullt i dyp ærbødighet for den. GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON (1778-1824) er et stort navn i litteraturhistorien. Gjennombruddet var Childe Harolds pilgrimsferd (1812). Siden fulgte en lang rekke populære episke og dramatiske dikt. Over hele Europa ble Byrons navn symbol på liberale frihetsideer. Hans eget liv var preget av kamp, oppbrudd og en fri livsstil som skapte forargelse. En tid var han London-sosietetens yndling, før han ble utstøtt fra det gode selskap og reiste i frivillig eksil i Italia. Byrons litterære berømmelse toppet seg med Don Juan (1819-23). Verket ble noe av en prøvesten på hvor langt en kunstner kan gå. Byrons siste år var viet den greske motstandkampen mot tyrkisk dominans. Han reiste til Hellas for personlig å ta del i kampene. Han døde i Missolonghi av giktfeber i 1824 og ble gravlagt i England under gamle eketrær.

I forfatterens debutbok følger leserne knekten Harold til tidens krigsskueplasser, kulturhistoriske monumenter og på den tiden ukjente og eksotiske trakter.

Byron's poetry took Europe by storm in the early nineteenth century and the poems which made him a star are here represented by a selection of the early lyrics, including still popular pieces such as 'She walks in beauty' and 'We'll go a no more a-roving'. But Byron's real talent was for comedy. He is the greatest comic poet of the Romantic movement and his comic verse is here represented by Beppo, A Vision Of Judgement and selections from his greatest masterpiece, Don Juan, which satirizes the very reputation for amourous adventures which helped to make Byron himself famous.

This volume completes the Oxford English Texts edition of Byron's Poetical Works. Included here are the poems from the last two years of Byron's life, 1823-4, when he decided to leave Italy to join the Greeks in their struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire. Three major works date from this period - the neglected late satire, The Age of Bronze; Byron's treatment of the Bounty mutiny, The Island; and his greatest lyric poem, `January 22nd 1824. Messalonghi. On this day I complete my thirty-sixth year.' Several new poems are added to the corpus, two in the regular sequence of works set down in 1980, and three others in Appendix C. An important feature of this volume is its set of appendices dealing with the corpus of Byron's work. Of special signficance are those detailing all relevant information about attributed and spurious Byron poems. This material is important not only for establishing a reliable corpus of the work, but also as a fundamental resource for the study of the Byron legend. Included here are the texts of newly authenticated poems and of attributed poems which have some reasonable claim to authenticity, as well as a list of unauthentic poems. The latter augments the list given in Volume I of this edition. This material is followed by a discussion of Byron forgeries; and a list of corrections and additions to Volumes I-V. This volume also contains comprehensive indexes of titles, of first lines, and of all the poems by volume and page number, and a general index.

For the first time all Byron's miscellaneous prose writings are collected together, including his speeches in the House of Lords, short stories, reviews, critical articles, and Armenian translations, as well as such shorter pieces as memoranda, notes, reminiscences, and marginalia. Although some of this material has been published before - most notably in the appendices to Prothero's edition of the Letters and Journals (1898-1901) - a considerable proportion is here published for the first time. For the first time too, the prose works are presented with full scholarly apparatus. The texts are reproduced from their original manuscripts wherever these are still extant; and the notes provide an introduction to each item, detailing the circumstances of its composition, its publication history, and its historical and literary background, as well as providing comprehensive annotation of individual points of obscurity, allusions, and other matters of content.

NB - VOL VII HAS THE BLURB FOR BOTH VOLS - ELSP89 This volume is the penultimate one in the Oxford English Texts Byron, described by Ian Jack as 'one of the finest editions we have of any of the Romantic poets'. It contains all the works of 1821 and 1822, including all Byron's late plays - The Two Foscari, Sardanapalus, Cair: A Mystery, (publication of which gave rise to threats of prosecution against the publisher, John Murray), and the unfinished The Deformed Transformed. As usual, the works are given with textual annotation at the foot of the page, and there is a full introdution and extensive annotation at the end of the volume.

The Complete Poetical Works Volume 5: Don Juan

This is volume four of the landmark edition of Byron's poetry. Indispensable for Byron scholars, it represents the most comprehensive editing of his poetry ever undertaken.

George Gordon Byron was a superb letter-writer: almost all his letters, whatever the subject or whoever the recipient, are enlivened by his wit, his irony, his honesty, and the sharpness of his observation of people. They provide a vivid self-portrait of the man who, of all his contemporaries, seems to express attitudes and feelings most in tune with the twentieth century. In addition, they offer a mirror of his own time. This first collected edition of all Byron's known letters supersedes Prothero's incomplete edition at the turn of the century. It includes a considerable number of hitherto unpublished letters and the complete text of many that were bowdlerized by former editors for a variety of reasons. Prothero's edition included 1,198 letters. This edition has more than 3,000, over 80 percent of them transcribed entirely from the original manuscripts. The final volume of this splendid edition contains a comprehensive index to the contents of the preceding volumes--the several thousand letters, the journals, the notes and biographical sketches. The index is prefaced by a generous selection of Byron's aphorisms, bons mots, and memorable statements, culled by Leslie Marchand from the letters and journals and arranged under subject headings.