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== Further Reading ==
== Further Reading ==
Bone, Drummond: ''The Cambridge Companion To Byron'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0 521 78676 2
Bone, Drummond: ''The Cambridge Companion To Byron'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-521-78676-2

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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22, 1788 - April 19, 1824), called Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet, known not only for his poetry, but also his very unconventional lifestyle and revolutionary attitude. Due to his financial and personal engagement in the Greek War of Independence, Lord Byron is considered a national hero in Greece.

Works

1806 Fugitive Pieces published
1807 Poems on Various Occasions published, Hours of Idleness published
1809 English Bards and Scotch Reviewers anonymously published
1811 'Hints from Horace' and The Curse of Minerva written (unauthorized publication in 1815)
1812 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I and II published, The Waltz written
1813 The Giaour and The Bride of Abydos published
1814 The Corsair and Lara published; Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte anonymously published
1815 Hebrew Melodies published
1816 The Prisonar of Chillan, The Siege of Corinth, Parisina and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto III published
1817 Manfred published
1818 Beppo and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto IV published
1819 Prophecy of Dante written, Mazeppa and the Ode on Venice published, Don Juan Cantos I & II anonymously published
1821 Marino Faliero, Sardanapalus, The Two Foscari, Cain and Don Juan Cantos III - V published
1822 Vision of Judgement and Werner published
1823 Heaven and Earth, Age of Bronze, The Island and Don Juan Cantos VI–XIV published
1824 Don Juan Cantos XV–XVI published

Further Reading

Bone, Drummond: The Cambridge Companion To Byron, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-521-78676-2