Byron, Don Juan
By: Anne Barton.
Series: Landmarks of world literature
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.; Don Juan (Legendary character) in literature.
Description: In her new introduction to this brilliant and outrageous literary landmark, Anne Barton places Don Juan within the context of Byron's life and reading, and offers an interpretation of the poem which demonstrates its underlying coherence and artistic integrity, despite Byron's mischievous protestations to the contrary. A long chapter on the reception of the poem considers some of the attempts to imitate or continue it, using them to define what is fundamental to Byron's own handling of the Don Juan legend.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-106).