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Don Juan - Lord Byron
"Don Juan" is a satiric poem, written by British poet Lord Byron (1788-1824). He wrote the poem between 1818-1819 and dedicated it to Robert Southey (who was Poet Laureate). The legend surrounding the character of Don Juan extends beyond Byron's poem.
Don Juan and Byron's Existential Angst
Scott C. Holstad writes, "Byron's epic poem, Don Juan, addresses so many issues that it is difficult to narrow the scope of the poem to just one or two. Is the poem an attack on what was current Romantic Era ideology?"
English 151-3: Byron's Don Juan Notes
Gregg A. Hecimovich, from Vanderbilt University, writes, "This long, digressive satiric poem is a loose narrative held together only by the hero, Don Juan, and the narrator, Byron himself, who maintains a mocking, ironic relationship with the story."