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Life and career Byron’s early years had been far from happy. (impoverished noble family, clubfoot, father squandered away money and deserted his mother, mother petted and abused him ) At ten, was made Lord Byron. Then studied at Harrow and Cambridge. Byrons first published volume of poetry, Hours of Idleness, appeared in 1807. In 1809, Byron took his seat in the House of Lords In 1816, Byron raised his voice in defence of the oppressed workers in his well known Song for the Luddites. A few days after Byron delivered his parliamentary speech, the first cantos of his Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1809)were published. He also wrote a great number of lyrical pieces. In 1815,Byron married Miss Milbank, unhappy marriage On April 25, 1816, he set sail for Europe, never to return. Byron first went to Switzerland, where he made acquaintance with Shelley. From Switzerland he went to Italy(1816-1823), Byron took an active part in the revolutionary work of the Carbonari. These were also the most fruitful years in his literary career. The defeat of the Carbonari uprising(1821) was a heavy blow to Byron. On April 19, 1824, Byron died. Byrons Works poetry: Hours of Idleness《懒散的时刻》 satirical poetry: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers《英国诗人与苏格兰评论家》 ode to the framers of the frame-bill《编织机法案编制者颂》 The Vision of Judgment 《审判的幻景》 the age of bronze《青铜世纪》 Legendary long poems: oriental tales东方叙事诗 Giaour 《异教徒》 The Bride of Abydos《阿比道斯的新娘》 The Corsa《海盗》 Lara《莱拉》 The Siege of Corinth《柯林斯之围》 Parisina 《巴里西那》 Drama Manfred《曼弗雷德》 Cain 《该隐》 Long narrative Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage《恰罗德?哈罗德游记》Don Juan《唐?璜》 comment on Don Juan Don Juan is Byron’s masterpiece, written in the prime of his creative power. He called this poem an “epic satire”. Byron displayed his genius as a romanticist and a realist simultaneously. Comment on Byron One of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad. Byron’s influence has shown itself in the works of the Chartist poets(宪章派诗人) in England and the prog