The Vision of Judgment (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lord George Gordon Byron
- First Published: 1822
- Type of Work: Satire
- Genres: Satire, Poetry
- Subjects: Trials, Kings, queens, or royalty, Lawyers, Peace, Devils or demons, Satire, Heaven, Satan or Satanism, Napoleonic Wars, Angels, Courts or courtrooms
The Poem
George Gordon, Lord Byron’s The Vision of Judgment is a special type of satire, a travesty, unique in that its excellence far outweighs that of the original, Robert Southey’s A Vision of Judgment (1821), which would have remained virtually unread had Byron not satirized it. Byron’s travesty was managed with such skill that Southey could not even retaliate without making himself appear more absurd. Southey’s lengthy poem extravagantly praised the recently deceased George III (who died January 29, 1820), describing his arrival at the gates of...
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