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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.
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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
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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- When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter," And proved it—'twas no matter what he said: They say his system 'tis in vain to batter, Too subtle for the airiest human head;
- What a sublime discovery 'twas to make the. Universe universal egotism, That all's ideal—all ourselves: I'll stake the. World (be it what you will) that that's no schism.
- For ever and anon comes Indigestion. (Not the most "dainty Ariel") and perplexes. Our soarings with another sort of question: And that which after all my spirit vexes,
- If it be chance—or, if it be according. To the Old Text, still better: lest it should. Turn out so, we'll say nothing 'gainst the wording, As several people think such hazards rude.
May 29, 2018 · Don Juan is a satirical poem by George Gordon, Lord Byron, published in 1819-1824. It follows the adventures of a libertine hero in Spain, Greece, Russia, and England, based on a folk legend and influenced by earlier works.
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Don Juan: Canto 01. (part I) I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one; Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I'll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan— We all have seen him, in the pantomime, Sent to the ...
