Essay Archive - Byron's Don Juan
Byron's Don Juan
One writer who has not recieved nearly enough credit for his works is
George Gordon, who later became known as Lord Byron. This is the man who wrote
his own poetical version of Don Juan. Don Juan is a man who is known for being
able to arouse the desires of women and to love every one he meets. This Don
Juan can be viewed, however, as a loosely disguised biography of Byron.
Lord Byron's father, Captain John, has ancestors that go back as far as
the Buruns in the time of William the Conqueror. Back in this time it was very
common for people to marry their own cousins. Captain John was marr....
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