Don Juan
Author: Byron
ISBN: 9780140424522
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2004
Pages: 784
Dimensions: 198mm x 127mm x 33mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Byron's exotic poem on the love life and adventures of 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.
ISBN: 9780140424522
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2004
Pages: 784
Dimensions: 198mm x 127mm x 33mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Byron's exotic poem on the love life and adventures of 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.
