The Corsair

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narrative poem romantic poem work of literature

The Corsair is a popular narrative poem by Lord Byron, first published in 1814, that tells the romantic and adventurous tale of a pirate hero and became a major literary sensation of its time.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf narrative poem ⓘ
romantic poem ⓘ
work of literature ⓘ
adaptationTitle Le Corsaire ⓘ
adaptationType ballet ⓘ
adaptedAs opera ⓘ
author Lord Byron ⓘ
belongsTo English Romantic poetry canon ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 19th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Gulnare ⓘ
Medora ⓘ
genre narrative poetry ⓘ
romanticism ⓘ
hasLiteraryCharacterType Byronic hero ⓘ
hasSubject piracy ⓘ
sea adventure ⓘ
influenced 19th-century popular culture image of the pirate ⓘ
influencedBy Orientalism ⓘ
initialPrintRunSoldOut yes ⓘ
literaryForm poem ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
surface form: Romantic movement
literarySignificance major literary sensation of its time ⓘ
mainCharacter Conrad ⓘ
meter heroic couplets ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
numberOfCantos 3 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfAuthorCareerPhase Byron’s early fame period ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
protagonistOccupation pirate ⓘ
protagonistRole Byronic hero ⓘ
publicationDate 1814 ⓘ
publisher John Murray ⓘ
relatedWorkBySameAuthor Lara ⓘ
The Bride of Abydos ⓘ
The Giaour ⓘ
salesPerformance sold thousands of copies on first day ⓘ
setting Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
coast of the Levant ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
love ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
verseForm rhymed couplets ⓘ
writer Lord Byron ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Le Corsaire → basedOn → The Corsair ⓘ
The Giaour → followedBy → The Corsair ⓘ
Lord Byron → notableWork → The Corsair ⓘ
The Bride of Abydos → precedes → The Corsair ⓘ