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.

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Don Juan canonical 11
"Don Juan" (first edition) 1
Dom Juan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf narrative poem
poem
satirical poem
author Lord Byron
basedOn Don Juan legend
compositionPeriod 1818–1823
controversialFor irreverent treatment of religion
sexual content
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception considered one of Byron's masterpieces
regarded as major work of English comic verse
endsWith canto 17 fragment
firstCantosPublishedAnonymously true
firstPublicationYear 1819
firstPublisher Thomas Davison
genre mock-epic
romantic poetry
satire
influenced Victorian satire
later narrative poetry in English
isUnfinished true
language English
literaryForm verse narrative
literaryMovement Romanticism
mainCharacter Don Juan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Don Juan (character)
meter ottava rima
narrativeMode first-person intrusive narrator
narrator Byronic persona
notableFor digressive narrative style
ironic tone
social satire
numberOfCantos 1 unfinished canto
16 complete cantos
portraysDonJuanAs naïve young man
publicationPeriod 1819–1824
satirizes British high society
Romantic hero conventions
politics of early 19th-century Europe
setting England
Russia
Spain
Turkey
structure cantos
theme fate and chance
hypocrisy of society
love and sexuality
political corruption
war and empire
writtenBy Lord Byron

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Lord Byron notableWork Don Juan
Lord Byron signatureWork Don Juan
Don Juan mainCharacter Don Juan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Don Juan (character)
Molière notableWork Don Juan
this entity surface form: Dom Juan
Don Juan (1926 film) title Don Juan
Thomas Davison printedWork Don Juan
this entity surface form: "Don Juan" (first edition)
Richard Strauss notableWork Don Juan
Domino Dancing bSide Don Juan
Alan Crosland workedOn Don Juan
Jean Marais notableWork Don Juan
this entity surface form: Dom Juan (stage role)