Don Juan

Byron s exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favourite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England Written entirely in ottava rima stanza form, Byron s Don Juan blends high drama with earthy humour, outrageous satire of his contemporaries in particular Wordsworth and Southey and sharp mockery of Western societies, with England coming under particular attack. Read Don Juan by George Gordon Byron – kino-fada.fr But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, producesThat which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think Tis strange, the shortest letter which man usesInstead of speech, may form a lasting link Of ages to what straits old Time reducesFrail man, when paper even a rag like this,Survives himself, his tomb, and all that s hisIf you know anything about Byron, you will know this poem will involve lots of sex, women and Byron Don Juan getting exactly whatBut words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, producesThat which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think Tis strange, the shortest letter which man usesInstead of speech, may form a lasting link Of ages to what straits old Time reducesFrail man, when paper even a rag like this,Survives himself, his tomb, and all that s hisIf you know anything about Byron, you will know this poem will involve lots of sex, women and Byron Don Juan getting exactly what he wants from every situation imaginable He is an anti hero so he does not possess the standard characteristics a normal hero would he is not brave or strong, though he is intelligent and cunning he serves no greater goal and works only for his own survival and self gratification And survive he does He gets out of so many close encounters and near death experiences, often being the only person alive as the plot moves into the next canto The poet...Le Don Juan de Lord Byron 1788 1824 , est un po me satirique et pamphl taire de dix sept chants, dans lequel il brosse une satire mordante, cynique et bachique de l tat de l Europe post Napol onienne de son temps Pour servir de fil cet expos , l auteur prend pour pr texte les p r grinations involontaires et m saventureuses d un Don Juan de pacotille, vell itaire, na f, to...So much better than I remembered from college The rhymes, humor, and slights Life may certainly be not worth a potato when you are looking for a rhyme for Cato A fun novel length poemByron s famous verse novel is kind of uneven, but when he s on form it s both moving and witty My favorite sequences are near the beginning, when the beautiful Donna Julia has fallen in love with young Juan and is having qualms of conscience First she decides that she can no longer continue to see him, but then she reconsiders After all, that would be selfish of her It s just a question of keeping her feelings under control, and she could help him so much He might be taught, by love and her Byron s famous verse novel is kind of uneven, but when he s on form it s both moving and witty My favorite sequences are near the beginning, when the beautiful Donna Julia has fallen in love with young Juan and is havi...What men call gallantry, and gods adulteryIs muchcommon where the climate s sultryByron s long, digressive, wildly funny, outrageously rhymed Don Juan is a wonderful satire of the epic poem, of the legend of Don Juan, and of the s of Byron s own times It is written throughout in octava rima, an 8 line stanza that, in English, given the paucity of rhymes, is inevitably humourous Byron uses the structure variously, often giving us a clinching final couplet that reflects batheticallWhat men call gallantry, and gods adulteryIs muchcommon where the climate s sultryByron s long, digressive, wildly funny, outrageously rhymed Don Juan is a wonderful satire of the epic poem, of the legend of Don Juan, and of the s of Byron s own times It is written throughout ...Don Juan is a somewhat scathing, exceedingly witty, epic social commentary that was told by a revolutionary mind with great skill and reverence for the crafting of words In Lord Byron s cantos of this poem, I see social networking centuries before its time with Byron s asides about his contemporaries And his protagonist, young unfortunate Don Jewan, is tossed about haphazardly from country to country by the strangest events, narrating a dissection of every society he comes upon ...Byron has been my favorite Romantic poet as he was during the Romantic period since I have been able to read with ease say, since grad school.His English Bard and Scotch Reviewers sets the standard for English Satire since Jonson and Dryden It is very funny at the expense of an intellectual elite much less doubtful than ours today We need another Byron.His Don Juan is without equal in English literature maybe Ariosto s similar in Italian, though I think Byronwitty, finally.Byron Byron has been my favorite Romantic poet as he was during the Romantic period since I have been able to read with ease say, since grad school.His English Bard and Scotch Reviewers sets the standard for English Satire since Jonson and Dryden It is very funny at the expense of an intellectual elite much less doubtful than ours today We need another Byron.His Don Juan is without equal in English literature maybe Ariosto s similar in Italian, though I think Byronwitty, fin...Don t be afraid This book only looks intimidating It s actually one of the most hilarious and comically sharp books I ve ever read Byron was a genuis, poet status notwithstanding Poetry has little to do with it actually, with all that is awesome about Don JuanKe ke Lord Byron bu roman iirini bitirebilseymi ve biz de okuyabilseymi iz Kitap, bizlerin Casanova ile ayn oldu unu d nd Don Juan n Lord Byron taraf ndan anlat lan hayat hik yesi zerine kurulu Yaln z Casanova denince akla gelen o apk n imaj ndan daha farkl bir Don Juan okuyoruz Herhalde toplumda apk n olarak yer etmesinin nedeni farkl zamanlarda da olsa birden fazla sevgilisinin olmas ve biraz h zl bir ekilde yeniden k olabilme kapasitesi Don Juan n sadece g n Ke ke Lord Byron bu roman iirini bitirebilseymi ve biz de okuyabilseymi iz Kitap, bizlerin Casanova ile ayn oldu unu d nd Don Juan n Lord Byron taraf ndan anlat lan hayat hik yesi zerine kurulu Yaln z Casanova denince akla gelen o apk n imaj ndan daha farkl bir Don Juan okuyoruz Herhalde toplumda apk n olarak yer etmesinin nedeni farkl zamanlarda da olsa birden fazla sevgilisinin olmas ve biraz h zl bir ekilde yeniden k olabilme kapasitesi Don Juan n sadece g n l i lerinde ansl olmad n belirtmekte de fayda var, ba na gelen her felaketten kazan l bir ekilde kurtuldu unu da s ylemek gerek lk ba larda ald m tad sonlara do ru bulamad m z lerek belirtmek zorun...Sentiment and SatireAlthough I normally read and review only novels, I was intrigued by the short excerpts from Byron s Epic Satire Don Juan that Stendhal used as chapter epigraphs in Le rouge et le noir, and read both simultaneously Published between 1819 and 1824, in sixteen cantos containing an average of 125 eight line stanzas in each, Byron s work is essentially a vast novel in verse, a coming of age story, an erotic romp, and a fount of social commentary all in one He reverses the norm Sentiment and SatireAlthough I normally read and review only novels, I was intrigued by the short excerpts from Byron s Epic Satire Don Juan that Stendhal used as chapter epigraphs in Le rouge et le noir, and read both simultaneously Published between 1819 and 1824, in sixteen cantos containing an average of 125 eight line stanzas in each, Byron s work is essentially a vast novel in verse, a coming of age story, an erotic romp, and a fount of social commentary all in one He reverses the normal characterization of Juan, turning the serial seducer into a pretty innocent who is himself seduced by woman after woman he also changes the pronunciation, now rhyming with true one It is easy to see why Stendhal wanted to quote him Both books begin with easily seduced heroes both take them into many different walks of society and both are punctuated by philosophical commentary from their respective authors ...

• English
• 06 April 2017
George Gordon Byron
• Paperback
• 784 pages
• 0140424520
• George Gordon Byron
• Don Juan