Don Juan
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Don Juan is a long satirical narrative poem by Lord Byron that humorously reimagines the legendary libertine as a naïve young man swept through a series of romantic and political adventures.
Aliases (3)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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poem → satirical poem → |
| author |
Lord Byron
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| basedOn |
Don Juan legend
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| compositionPeriod |
1818–1823
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| controversialFor |
irreverent treatment of religion
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sexual content → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| criticalReception |
considered one of Byron's masterpieces
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regarded as major work of English comic verse → |
| endsWith |
canto 17 fragment
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| firstCantosPublishedAnonymously |
true
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| firstPublicationYear |
1819
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| firstPublisher |
Thomas Davison
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| genre |
mock-epic
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romantic poetry → satire → |
| influenced |
Victorian satire
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later narrative poetry in English → |
| isUnfinished |
true
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| language |
English
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| literaryForm |
verse narrative
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| literaryMovement |
Romanticism
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| mainCharacter |
Don Juan (character)
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| meter |
ottava rima
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| narrativeMode |
first-person intrusive narrator
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| narrator |
Byronic persona
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| notableFor |
digressive narrative style
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ironic tone → social satire → |
| numberOfCantos |
1 unfinished canto
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16 complete cantos → |
| portraysDonJuanAs |
naïve young man
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| publicationPeriod |
1819–1824
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| satirizes |
British high society
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Romantic hero conventions → politics of early 19th-century Europe → |
| setting |
England
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Russia → Spain → Turkey → |
| structure |
cantos
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| theme |
fate and chance
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hypocrisy of society → love and sexuality → political corruption → war and empire → |
| writtenBy |
Lord Byron
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Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Don Juan
("Don Juan (character)")
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Don Juan (1926 film) → |
mainCharacter |
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Lord Byron
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Molière ("Dom Juan") → |
notableWork |
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Thomas Davison
(""Don Juan" (first edition)")
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printedWork |
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Lord Byron
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signatureWork |
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Don Juan (1926 film)
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title |