CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE. A ROMAUNT, IN FOUR CANTOS
London: John Murray, 1819. First Collected Edition. 10mos., 2 volumes; VG; bound in quarter red calf with marbled boards, gilt lettering to spines; volume 1 spine with mild cracking, volume 2 with moderate; some rubbing to boards; volume 1 ffep with for edge trimmed, volume 2 with two holes; names on sfep; mild foxing; with half-titles bound in; shelved case 0.
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818 and is dedicated to "Ianthe". The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. The title comes from the term childe, a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood. The work provided the first example of the Byronic hero. [wikipedia]