Byron and Shelley

Author: Yang Jiali / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book recounts the short yet passionate lives of the British poets Lord Byron and Shelley. Byron was born into a declining noble family, but he sympathized with the struggles of oppressed peoples for freedom and used his poetry to criticize the corrupt old system. He participated in the struggles for national independence of Italy and Greece and died on the front line at the age of 36. His poetry is grand in scale and has been hailed as the "Napoleon of Poetry." Shelley was born into a wealthy family, but he detested the inequality and stale marriage in human society and lashed out at them through his poetry. He was forced into exile and died at sea before the age of 30. He was celebrated as the "Spring Skylark" and the "Immortal Spirit." Byron and Shelley stand as two towering peaks in the history of human poetic art. Their creative achievements and magnificent lives had a profound impact on both their time and posterity.