George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) was a great British Romantic poet in the early 19th century. Representative works include "The Travels of Childe Harold", "Don Juan", etc. He created a group of "Byronic heroes" in his poems. He was not only a great poet, but also a warrior who fought for his ideals all his life; he actively and bravely devoted himself to the revolution, participated in the Greek national liberation movement, and became one of the leaders.

George Gordon Byron was born on January 22, 1788 in a simple rented house in London, England. Both parents came from declining aristocratic families. He was born with a limp and was sensitive to it. At the age of ten, the hereditary title and estate of the Byron family (Newstead Abbey was his residence) fell to him, becoming the sixth Lord Byron. [1] In 1801, in order to match Byron's aristocratic status and status, the family decided to send him to a prestigious school - Harrow School. This school, founded by John Lean in 1571, has trained many well-known figures in British history. Among them, Prime Minister Churchill, who admired Byron very much, graduated from this school. After graduating from Harrow School, he studied literature and history at Cambridge University from 1805 to 1808. He was an unsatisfied student and rarely attended lectures. However, he read extensively European and British literature, philosophy and historical works. He also engaged in shooting, gambling, Drinking, hunting, swimming, boxing and other activities. In March 1809, he entered the House of Lords as a hereditary noble. He attended the House and spoke only a few times, but these speeches clearly expressed Byron's liberal and progressive stance. [1] Graduated from Cambridge University. Served as a member of the House of Lords. He was deeply influenced by Enlightenment ideas when he was a student. From 1809 to 1811, he traveled to Spain, Greece, Turkey and other countries. Inspired by the anti-invasion and anti-oppression struggles of the people of various countries, he wrote Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1809-1818). His representative works include "The Travels of Childe Harold" and "Don Juan" (Don Juan, 1818-1823). He created a group of "Byronic heroes" in his poems. Byron was not only a great poet, but also a warrior who fought for his ideals all his life; he actively and bravely devoted himself to the revolution, participated in the Greek national liberation movement, and became one of the leaders. From 1809 to 1811, Byron traveled abroad to the East in order to "see human beings instead of just reading about them in books" and to eliminate "the harmful consequences of an islander keeping his home with narrow prejudices." ". On June 26, 1809, he left England and traveled to the East (Southern Europe and West Asia). In the next six months, he first took a boat to Lisbon, Portugal; then rode horseback to Seville and Cadiz in southern Spain, passing through Sardinia, Sicily, and Malta to Albania, where he met with the ruler Ali Pablo. Summer; arrived in the famous Greek city of Athens on December 25th. During Byron's overseas trip, he enjoyed the natural scenery of various places, observed the social life and political systems of various countries, and came into contact with people from all walks of life. He saw with his own eyes the Spanish guerrillas that dealt a heavy blow to the French invaders, and the Greek people who were gathering strength to launch a liberation struggle under the ravages of Turkish cavalry. This trip also stimulated his strong interest in the cultures of various ethnic groups in Southern Europe. . These have had a significant impact on his thinking and creation. Started writing "The Travels of Childe Harold" in Albania. [2] The first and second chapters of "The Travels of Childe Harold" were published in February 1812, which caused a sensation in the literary world and made Byron a star in London social circles. However, this did not make him compromise with the British aristocratic bourgeoisie. He has been aware of the stubbornness, hypocrisy, evil and prejudice of this society and its ruling class since his early years, and his poetry has always been a protest against all this. From 1811 to 1816, Byron had been living in a constant emotional whirlpool. In his popular social life, love affairs were everywhere, and the love affairs of a young aristocratic poet were naturally more talked about.

Byron proposed to a Miss Anna Milbank in 1813 and married her in January 1815. This was the biggest mistake Byron made in his life. Mrs. Byron was a person with narrow views and was deeply trapped by the hypocrisy of her class. She was completely unable to understand Byron's cause and views. One year after their marriage, he returned to his home with his one-month-old daughter and refused to live with Byron, which caused rumors to spread. Taking this as an opportunity, the British ruling class carried out the craziest revenge on its rebel Byron, in an attempt to destroy the poet who dared to become its political enemy. The painful feelings during this period also led him to write poems like "Prometheus" to express his determination to resist his oppressors to the end. In 1816, Byron lived in Switzerland and met another exiled poet, Shelley, in Geneva. Their hatred of the British rule and their affinity for poetry made them close friends. While Byron was living abroad, he successively wrote "The Travels of Childe Harold" (1816-1817), the story poem "The Prisoner of Chillon" (The Prisnero f Chillon, 1816), and the tragedy "Manfred" (1817). ) long poem "The Bronze Century" (1823), etc. The masterpiece "Don Juan" is Byron's most important group of poems. It is half solemn and half humorous, mixed with narrative and discussion. It has realist content and a strange, relaxed and ironic style of writing. Chapters 1 and 2 immediately aroused huge response after they were published anonymously. British newspapers and periodicals that defended bourgeois decency attacked it, accusing it of attacking religion and morality, "a mockery of decency, good feelings, and the code of conduct necessary to maintain society" and "disgusting to every sane mind," etc. wait. In 1824, he unfortunately caught rain and cold, fell ill, and died on April 19. His death deeply saddened the Greek people. Greece's independent government declared Byron's death a state funeral and the country mourned for three days. On June 29, the coffin arrived in London. [