Childe Byron (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Romulus Linney
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: November 27, 1852
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Drama, History play
- Subjects: History, Values, Parents and children, Sex or sexuality, Nineteenth century, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Fathers, London, Biography
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
George Gordon, Lord Byron, a famous English Romantic poet, flamboyant society figure, and sexual rebel. Fiery, cynical, passionate, and candid, Byron confronts his daughter, Ada, on the day of her death and attempts to justify his life to her. As a boy, he is a moody, fat, clubfooted poseur. He is introduced to sex at the age of nine by his nurse; as a young man, he has become an internationally acclaimed poet, a superb athlete, and a notorious sexual veteran who has bedded practically everything presented to him but whose most passionate love affair has...
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