Lord Byron ( George Gordon ) Flashcards
When was Lord Byron born?
1788
Why is his father considered important in the history of Byron?
He was a rampant adulterer and gambler who spent all the mother’s money in 18 months and ran.
He became famous overnight with his work the
First 2 cantos of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.
What in particular was he obsessed with in his image?
His weight. He suffered from dysmorphia and it is the first known case of bulimia.
The one thing he had in abundance was
Failed marriages and short-lived romances.
It is almost certain that his half-sister:
Augusta had a child by him.
What had he created in the worship English did of him through his writing?
The cult of the author.
How did he describe himself?
“I am such a strange melaangé of good and evil that it would be difficult to describe me.”
