One of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, Byron is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. He remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular.
Byron is considered to be the first modern-style celebrity. His image as the personification of the Byronic hero fascinated the public.
The figure of the Byronic hero pervades much of his work, and Byron himself is considered to epitomise many of the characteristics of this literary figure. The use of a Byronic hero by many authors and artists of the Romantic movement show Byron's influence during the 19th century and beyond, including the Brontë sisters. His philosophy was more durably influential in continental Europe than in England;
Friedrich Nietzsche admired him, and the Byronic hero was echoed in Nietzsche's Übermensch, or superman.
Contents:
The Poetry Collections
HOURS OF IDLENESS
CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE
HEBREW MELODIES
STANZAS FOR MUSIC
OCCASIONAL PIECES, 1807-1824
DOMESTIC PIECES, 1816
SATIRES
TALES
THE GIAOUR
THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS
THE CORSAIR
LARA
THE SIEGE OF CORINTH
PARISINA
THE PRISONER OF CHILLON
MAZEPPA
THE ISLAND
THE LAMENT OF TASSO
THE PROPHECY OF DANTE
THE MORGANTE MAGGIORE OF PULCI
FRANCESCA OF RIMINI
BEPPO
MINOR POEMS
DRAMAS
MANFRED
MARINO FALIERO
SARDANAPALUS
THE TWO FOSCARI
CAIN: A MYSTERY
HEAVEN AND EARTH
WERNER
THE DEFORMED TRANSFORMED
DON JUAN
The Short Story
The Letters
