ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A poem in Spenserian stanzas by Lord Byron (1788-1824), Cantos I and II appeared in 1812, Canto III in 1816 and Canto IV in 1818. When the first two cantos were first published they sold out swiftly. Byron declared: ‘I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lord Byron was a British Romantic poet and satirist whose poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe. Although made famous by the autobiographical poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812–18)-and his many love affairs-he is perhaps better known today for the satiric realism of Don Juan (1819–24).

Detailed explanation-3: -As Byron himself observed, he awoke one morning and found himself famous. He was 24 years old and had just published his third book, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, a loosely autobiographical account of the continental tour he made after leaving Cambridge.

Detailed explanation-4: -Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage is a long narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. The poem was published between 1812 and 1818.

Detailed explanation-5: -Inspiration came from his travels throughout southern Europe with his friend John Cam Hobhouse. They left England in 1809 and did not return for two years. It was Byron’s distant relative R.C. Dallas who urged him to publish the poem with John Murray, arguably the most important bookseller in England.