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Don Juan (Spanish: [doŋ ˈxwan]), also known as Don Giovanni , is a legendary, fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. The original version of the story of Don Juan appears in the 1630 play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra (The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest) by Tirso de Molina.
Don Juan, fictitious character who is a symbol of libertinism. Originating in popular legend, he was first given literary personality in the tragic drama El burlador de Sevilla (1630; “The Seducer of Seville,” translated in The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest), attributed to the Spanish.
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In English literature, Don Juan, written from 1819 to 1824 by the English poet Lord Byron, is a satirical, epic poem that portrays the Spanish folk legend of Don Juan, not as a womaniser as historically portrayed, but as a victim easily seduced by women.
- Lord Byron
- 1819
Feb 16, 2021 · A comprehensive overview of Byron's greatest long poem, written in ottava rima, a comic and satirical epic about the adventures of Don Juan. Learn about the poem's structure, style, themes, characters, and historical context.
Jun 6, 2007 · Read or download the classic poem by George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron, about the legendary lover Don Juan. Choose from various formats and languages, including EPUB, Kindle, and plain text.
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8/2200 - 0. Poem Don Juan Canto 01 Part I by Lord Byron : I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloyin.
Don Juan had got out on Shooter's Hill; Sunset the time, the place the same declivity. Which looks along that vale of good and ill. Where London streets ferment in full activity, While everything around was calm and still, Except the creak of wheels, which on their pivot he.
