Romantic poetry and prose
foreign lands; in a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of
the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras.
1813 The Giaour; The Bride of Abydos
1814 The Corsair; Lara
1815 Hebrew melodies
1816 Parisina; The Prisoner of Chillon; The Dream; Prometheus; Darkness
1817 Manfred-a ghost story; The Lament of Tasso
1818 Beppo
1819 Mazeppa; The Prophecy of Dante
1820 Marino Faliero
1821 Sardanapalus; The Two Foscari; Cain
1819-1824 Don Juan a long, digressive satiric poem, based on the legend of Don Juan, which Byron reverses,
portraying Juan as someone who is easily seduced by women.
Characteristics of Byron's poetry:
Strength and masculinity
Unflowery and colloquial language
Strong feelings
Little use of imagery
P.B.Shelley major works:
1813 Queen Mab; A Philosophical Poem; With Notes was the first large poetic work a foundation to his theory of
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