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Compared with the present era, the 19th century is rational, progressive and satisfied; However, some of the opposite qualities of contemporary times are also possessed by many of the most outstanding figures in the optimistic period of liberalism. ..... Byron's influence is on the European continent, and looking for his spiritual descendants should not be in Britain. Most of us think that his poems are often inferior, and his mood is often flashy and indecent. However, abroad, his emotional style and his outlook on life have been spread, developed and deteriorated, and have become widely popular, so that they have become factors of major events.
Byron was a typical representative of aristocratic rebels at that time, and aristocratic rebels and leaders of peasant rebellion or proletarian rebellion were very different types of people. .....
introduction to Byron
george gordon byron (1788-1824) is an outstanding representative of English romantic literature. Scottish nobles. Born in London on January 23rd, 1788. He was born lame and sensitive to it. At the age of ten, the hereditary title and estate of Byron family (Neustad Monastery is its residence) fell to him and became Lord Byron VI. From 185 to 188, he studied literature and history at Cambridge University. As an irregular student, he seldom attended lectures, but he read extensively European and British literature, philosophy and history works, and also engaged in shooting, gambling, drinking, hunting, swimming and other activities. In March of 189, he entered the House of Lords as a hereditary aristocrat. He attended the House of Lords and made few speeches, but these speeches clearly expressed Byron's progressive position of liberalism.
graduated from Cambridge university. He was a member of the House of Lords. When I was a student, I was deeply influenced by the Enlightenment. From 189 to 1811, he traveled to Spain, Greece, Turkey and other countries, and was inspired by the anti-aggression and anti-oppression struggles of people from all over the world, and created Childe Harold's Travels. His representative works include Childe Harold's Travels and Don Juan. In his poems, he created a number of "Byronic heroes". They are aloof, fanatical and romantic, but full of rebellious spirit. Their hearts are full of loneliness and depression, but they despise the small group. Childe Harold is the first Byronic hero in Byron's poems. The most representative, combative and brilliant work of Byron's poems is his long poem Don Juan, which depicts the romantic stories of Don Juan, the son of a Spanish nobleman, such as his travels, love and adventures, exposes the dark, ugly and hypocritical side of society and plays the battle song for freedom, happiness and liberation. Byron is not only a great poet, but also a warrior who fought for his ideals all his life. He actively and bravely joined the revolution, participated in the Greek national liberation movement and became one of the leaders.
From 189 to 1811, Byron traveled abroad to the East in order to "see people, not just read about them in books", and also to sweep away "the harmful consequences of an islander staying at home with narrow prejudice". During the trip, he began to write Childe. Hallor's Travels and other poems, and brewing future oriental story poems in my heart. "Childe. The first and second chapters of Hallor's Travels came out in February 1812, which caused a sensation in the literary world and made Byron a star in London society. However, this did not make him compromise with the British aristocratic bourgeoisie. He has been aware of the stubbornness, hypocrisy, evil and prejudice of this society and its ruling class since his early years, and his poems have always been a protest against all this.
from 1811 to 1816, Byron lived in a constant emotional vortex. In his popular social life everywhere, there is a lot of love for taking part in accidental amusement, and the affair of a young aristocratic poet is naturally more talked about. Byron proposed to an Anna Milbank in 1813 and married her in January 1815. This is the biggest mistake Byron made in his life. Mrs. Byron is a narrow-minded person who is deeply influenced by the hypocrisy of her class and can't understand Byron's career and views at all. One year after marriage, he returned to his home with his daughter who was born for more than a month and refused to live with Byron, thus causing rumors. Taking this opportunity, the British ruling class took the craziest revenge on Byron, its rebel, in an attempt to destroy the poet who dared to be his political enemy. The painful feelings of this period also made him write poems like Prometheus, expressing his determination to resist his oppressors to the end.
Byron left England forever in April, 1916. A biographer said that he was "driven out of the country, and his money belt and soul were ruined. He left and never came back; But after he left, he found new inspiration next to the rapids of the Jon River and wrote works that made his name immortal under the Italian sky. "
In p>1816, Byron lived in Switzerland and met another exiled poet Shelley in Geneva. Their hatred of British rule and their love for poetry made them close friends.
Byron wrote Childe Hallor's Travels (1816-1817), the story poem Prisoner of Sion (1816), the historical tragedy Manfred (1817), the long poem Bronze Century (1923) and so on. The magnum opus Don Juan is Byron's most important group of poems, which is half-poetic, half-harmonious, half-narrative and half-discussion, with realistic content and strange, relaxed and satirical brushwork. After the first and second chapters were published anonymously, they immediately caused great repercussions. British newspapers defending bourgeois decency rose up and attacked it, accusing it of attacking religion and morality, which was "a mockery of decency, good feelings and the code of conduct necessary for maintaining society" and "disgusting to every normal mind", and so on.
but at the same time, it is also highly praised. The writer Walter Scott said that Don Juan is "as comprehensive as Shakespeare, he covers every topic of life, plucks every string on the sacred piano, and plays the smallest, strongest and most shocking tune." The poet Goethe said, "Don Juan is a work of complete genius-cynical to the point of desperate acrimony, gentle to the point of delicate and touching beautiful feelings ...". After the sixteenth chapter of Don Juan was written, Byron was ready to devote himself to the national liberation movement in Greece.
This is the last and most glorious career of the poet. He hated both the oppression of European nations by holy alliance and the Greek rule by Turkey. In 1824, Byron was busy preparing for war. Unfortunately, he was caught in the rain and suffered from cold. He could not afford to get sick and died on April 9. His death deeply grieved the Greek people, and the whole country mourned for 21 days.
Looking back on his life, his poems and his spirit are enough to convince anyone who can feel it: Byron is not only a great poet, but also a kind of poet that is always needed in the world to laugh at his meanness and inspire his higher actions.
works
Byron struggled for the ideals of democracy, freedom and national liberation all his life, and worked hard to create. His works have great historical progress significance and artistic value. His unfinished long poetic novel Don Juan is a narrative poem with magnificent momentum, broad artistic conception, superb opinions and outstanding art, which is rare in the history of literature in Britain and even Europe.
Byron began to write poetry when he was a student. After the publication of his second collection of poems, The Moment of Leisure (187), he was attacked by Edinburgh Review. The poet responded with the poem "English Poets and Scottish Critics" (189), which first revealed his outstanding talent and satirical edge. Childe Harold's Travels (Chapters 1 and 2) published in 1812 is his famous work. In 1816, Byron was rejected by the upper class because of his private life and moved to Italy in anger. In Italy, he wrote Chapters 3 and 4 of Childe Harold's Travels (1816 and 1818). This lyric narrative poem and the unfinished masterpiece Don Juan are his most famous masterpieces.
Byron also wrote a series of long narrative poems, such as The Pagan (1813), The Pirate (1814) and seven poetic dramas, such as Manfred (1817) and Cain (1821), as well as many lyric poems and satires, such as The Phantom of the Trial (1822).
At the beginning of p>1823, the Greek anti-soil struggle was in full swing. Byron put down Don Juan, which he was writing, and resolutely went to Greece to participate in the armed struggle of Greek people for freedom and independence. He died in the Greek army on April 19, 1824. His poems have great influence in Europe and China.