{"product_id":"the-works-of-lord-byron-vol-4-gb-20158","title":"The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems included in this volume consist of thirteen\r\nlonger or more important works, written at various\r\nperiods between June, 1816, and October, 1821; of eight\r\noccasional pieces (Poems of July-September, 1816),\r\nwritten in 1816; and of another collection of occasional\r\npieces (Poems 1816-1823), written at intervals between\r\nNovember, 1816, and September, 1823. Of this second\r\ngroup of minor poems five are now printed and published\r\nfor the first time.\nThe volume is not co-extensive with the work of the\r\nperiod. The third and fourth cantos of Childe Harold\r\n(1816-1817), the first five cantos of Don Juan (1818,\r\n1819, 1820), Sardanapalus, The Two Foscari, Cain, and\r\nHeaven and Earth (1821), form parts of other volumes,\r\nbut, in spite of these notable exceptions, the fourth\r\nvolume contains the work of the poet's maturity, which\r\nis and must ever remain famous. Byron was not content\r\n[vi]\r\nto write on one kind of subject, or to confine\r\nhimself to one branch or species of poetry. He tracked\r\nthe footsteps now of this master poet, now of another,\r\nfar outstripping some of his models; soon spent in the\r\npursuit of others. Even in his own lifetime, and in the\r\nheyday of his fame, his friendliest critics, who applauded\r\nhim to the echo, perceived that the \"manifold motions\"\r\nof his versatile and unsleeping talent were not always\r\nsanctioned or blessed by his genius. Hence the unevenness\r\nof his work, the different values of this or that\r\npoem. But, even so, in width of compass, in variety of\r\nstyle, and in measure of success, his achievement was\r\nunparalleled. Take such poems as Manfred or Mazeppa,\r\nwhich have left their mark on the literature of Europe;\r\nas Beppo, the avant courrier of Don Juan, or the\r\n\"inimitable\" Vision of Judgment, which the \"hungry\r\ngenerations\" have not trodden down or despoiled of\r\nits freshness. Not one of these poems suggests or\r\nresembles the other, but each has its crowd of associations,\r\na history and almost a literature of its own.\nThe whole of this volume was written on foreign soil,\r\nin Switzerland or Italy, and, putting aside The Dream,\r\nThe Monody on the Death of Sheridan, The Irish Avatar,\r\nand The Blues, the places, the persons and events, the\r\nmatriel of the volume as a whole, to say nothing of\r\nthe style and metre of the poems, are derived from the\r\nhistory and the literature of Switzerland and Southern\r\nEurope. An unwilling, at times a vindictive exile, he\r\n[vii]did more than any other poet or writer of his age to\r\nfamiliarize his own countrymen with the scenery, the art\r\nand letters of the Continent, and, conversely, to make\r\nthe existence of English literature, or, at least, the\r\nwritings of one Englishman, known to Frenchmen and\r\nItalians; to the Teuton and the Slav. If he \"taught us\r\nlittle\" as prophet or moralist; as a guide to knowledge;\r\nas an educator of the general reader\"your British\r\nblackguard,\" as he was pleased to call himhis teaching\r\nand influence were \"in widest commonalty spread.\"\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 20158 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Byron, George Gordon Byron \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Dec 22, 2006 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Coleridge, Ernest Hartley, 1846-1920 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Byron, George Gordon Byron \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43217840537757,"sku":"gb-20158-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/20158.jpg?v=1671455126","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-works-of-lord-byron-vol-4-gb-20158","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}