Selected Poems
Selected Poems by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron is a comprehensive collection published by Penguin in 1996, featuring 830 pages of poetry in English. This Trade Paperback Edition presents a curated selection of Byron’s work that shaped his reputation in the nineteenth century, alongside lesser-known pieces that resonate with contemporary readers. The volume is based on the significant Murray edition from 1832-4 and uniquely includes Byron’s own notes alongside the poems, offering insights into his creative process.
Readers will find a diverse array of Byron’s poetry, including complete texts of longer works such as Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and several ‘Eastern tales,’ as well as the historical drama Sardanapalus. The poems are arranged in the order of their composition and first publication, allowing for a deeper understanding of Byron’s artistic evolution. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in European poetry, particularly within the English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh traditions.
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Debate as to the nature and influence of his poetry continues, and in making their selection for this volume the editors have chosen poems that defined Byron for the nineteenth century and poems less well known then but of particular interest to today’s readers. This Penguin Classic, based on the landmark Murray edition of 1832-4, is the only widely available selection to include Byron’s own notes on the same page as the poetic texts, and to present the poems in the sequence of composition and/or first publication, thus providing a sense of Byron’s developing career. It contains the complete texts of many longer works not readily available in their entirety, including Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, all but one of the ‘Eastern tales’, and the historical drama Sardanapalus, now regarded as a key text in the modern re-evaluation of Romanticism.
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