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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1819|1819]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Other|Other]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | |||
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'''Artist:''' Lord Byron | '''Artist:''' Lord Byron | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Friends of Byron, publishers | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Friends of Byron, publishers | ||
'''Date of Action:''' 1819 | |||
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'''Location:''' England | '''Location:''' England | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' The poem ''Don Juan'' is about a man who appears to be a philanderer but is really innocent and at the mercy of events and the whims of women. The poem is believed to tell the story of Byron's love affairs. <P> | |||
'''The Incident:''' Byron's friends and associates advised him not to publish the first two cantos (divisions of a long poem) of ''Don Juan'' because of their indecency and their similarity to a scandal that Byron had recently been involved in. He had been engaged to a woman named Annabella Milbanke, though had numerous love affairs, one of which was with his half-sister. This affair was well known throughout England. <P> | |||
'''The Incident:''' Byron's friends and associates advised him not to publish the first two cantos (divisions of a long poem) of | |||
'''Results of Incident:''' Byron chose to publish the first two cantos annonymously. The later cantos were published under his own name. He then vowed never to consult those who advised him ever again. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' Byron chose to publish the first two cantos annonymously. The later cantos were published under his own name. He then vowed never to consult those who advised him ever again. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones | '''Source:''' Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones | ||
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[[Category:1810s]] | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:19th century]] | ||
[[Category:Europe]] | [[Category:Europe]] | ||
[[Category:Other]] | [[Category:Other]] | ||
[[Category:Literature]] | [[Category:Literature]] | ||
[[Category:Lord Byron]] | [[Category:Lord Byron]] | ||
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