ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the greatest of English poets.

Detailed explanation-2: -Born George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron, in 1788, Lord Byron is perhaps the ultimate badass poet. He was once described by Lady Caroline Lamb as “mad, bad, and dangerous to know” because of his outrageous private life.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Byron as a Romantic poet was engaged with the materialism of life as well as the interior exploration of poet’s own feelings or subjectivity. He was materialistic in a way that he is geographical, social and political centered poet who transcends these materialism into his own poetic experiences.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lord Byron is often compared to his fellow poets from the British Romantic movement, most notably his contemporaries Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats. One of the most common comparisons is with Percy Bysshe Shelley, his friend. Shelley and Byron had much in common.