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THE ROMANTIC AGE

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THE ROMANTIC AGE

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  1. THE ROMANTIC AGE 1798-1832

  2. George Gordon, Lord Byron In his life as well as in his work, George Gordon, Lord Byron, typified the Romanticist’s zest for life. As much a public figure as a literary genius, Byron lived life ‘in the fast lane’ – a point that was looked on with disapproval by his contemporaries.

  3. George Gordon Byron was born January 22, 1788. He was the son of Captain John Byron and his second wife, the former Catherine Gordon. • He was sent to a private school in Dulwich, and in 1801 - in Harrow. He wrote several poems there. After school he went to Trinity College, Cambridge.

  4. In January 1815 Byron married Miss Anne Isabella Milbenk. December 10, 1815, she gave birth to a daughter, Augusta Ada, and then, taking the baby with her, moved to Leicestershire to visit her parents. A few weeks later she said that she would not return to husband.

  5. In 1816, Byron left England. He lived in Switzerland, Venice. At that time some works were written: "Prophecy of Dante" , several parts of "Don Juan", "Werner", "The Island" and many others. In 1823 he went to Greece after the beginning of the uprising there. Then Byron caught a cold, and in April 1824 died. Biography

  6. Romanticism Romanticism is a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. Heroes of all works are extremists, they defend freedom of love and the person till last instant, choosing death if the victory is unattainable. Mysteriously both the past of heroes, andthe end of their destinies.

  7. Creativity George Gordon Byron - one of the greatest English poets of romanticism. His life and a creative way can be divided into three stages: 1788-1809 1809-1816 1816-1824

  8. 1788 -1809 This stage of creation of the first collection in his life "Hours of Idleness" (1807) and satire «English Bards and Scotch Reviewers» (1809) Opposition to a society, loss of true friends, love as an existence basis, tragical loneliness and desire to die are basic themes of creativity of Byron. «Lord Byron - the young man with mad passions, silk reins are necessary for him» The principal of Harrow school.

  9. 1809 – 1816 This period of creativity of Byron includes foreign travel (1809-1811) and life in England. For the young poet it was time of maturing of soul and talent. During this period Byron published a series of romantic poems, reflecting his own impressions of the two-year trip to Europe. After publication of two songs of «Childe Harold`s Pilgrimage“ Byron became a well-known person. «I AWOKE ONE MORNING AND FOUND MYSELF FAMOUS» George Byron.

  10. 1816 – 1824 This period (The Italian period) characterized by greatness of Byron as the poet and man. In that time was published a lot of poems, such as “Don Juan”, last songs of “Childe Harold”, plays "Manfred" and "Cain" which was created under the influence of history and culture of Italy.

  11. SOME OF HIS WOrK… She Walks In Beauty

  12. MEDITATION QUESTIONS • DO YOU THINK THE SPEAKER IDEALIZES THE SUBJECT OF THIS POEM? • IN THE POEM TO WHAT DOES THE SPEAKER OF THE POEM COMPARE THE LADY’S BEAUTY? • WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MEANING OF ‘THAT TENDER LIGHT’ IN LINE 5? • WHAT DOES THE SPEAKER THINK THE WOMAN’S APPEARANCE REVEALS ABOUT HER CHARACTER?

  13. THE POEM WAS WRITTEN TO BE SET TO MUSIC, WAS INSPIRED BY BYRON’S FIRST MEETING WITH LADY WILMOT HORTON, HIS COUSIN BY MARRIAGE, WHO WORE A BLACK MOURNING GOWN WITH SPANGLES

  14. So We'll Go No More a Roving So, we'll go no more a roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe, And love itself have rest.  Though the night was made for loving, And the day returns too soon, Yet we'll go no more a roving By the light of the moon.

  15. MEDITATION QUESTIONS • HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED THE MOOD DESCRIBED IN THIS POEM? WHAT PROMPTED IT FOR YOU? DID IT LAST? • WHAT DOES THE SPEAKER SAY THAT ‘LOVE ITSELF’ MUST HAVE? • WHAT DO YOU THINK IS MEANT BY THE LINE ‘AND THE SOUL WEARS OUT THE BREAST’? WHY MUST THE HEART ‘PAUSE TO BREATHE’? • WHY WILL THE SPEAKER ‘GO NO MORE A ROVING’? HOW MIGHT YOU SUMMARIZE THE SPEAKERS MESSAGE IN ONE SENTENCE?

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