Lord Byron

Lord Byron

by PaulMuldoon (Author)

Synopsis

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. She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. -- She Walks in Beauty

$3.28

Save:$6.85 (68%)

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 01 Sep 2011

ISBN 10: 0571274269
ISBN 13: 9780571274260
Book Overview: This selection of Lord Byron poems, selected by Paul Muldoon, joins a series in which Faber and Faber presents eight beautiful editions of classic Romantic poetry.

Author Bio
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 in Greece (where he had gone to join the forces struggling for Greek independence) in 1824.