Byron the Goth
Byron's Poetry and fandom
Basic Facts
Byron's family
Naughty and weird
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Byron was famous for his sexy, pale goth-like look, but he also developed an eating disorder from trying to preserve this look. What did Byron's diet consist when he was on a diet?

vinegar and potatoes

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what did Byron's hardcore fans call themselves?

Byromaniacs

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which generation of romantic poets did Byron belong to?

the second generation romantics

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In which Scottish town did Byron grow up?

Aberdeen

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what was Byron's sexuality in modern terms?

he was bisexual

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What type of gothic stories was Byron the first to tell in the English language?

Vampire stories

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What is the name of Byron's breakthrough poem that was inspired by his own grand tour of Europe?

Child Harold's Pilgrimage

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What was Lord Byron's full name?

George Gordon Byron

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How did Byron's father die?

he committed suicide

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what weird object did Byron often use as a drinking cup?

human skulls

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On a rainy and stormy night, in 1816 (the year without a summer), Byron told the first-ever modern Vampire story, but another famous author was also present that night and came up with another very famous gothic story on the same night. Which author and what story?

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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what is the name of the character invented by Byron that he uses time and again in his poetry, and who is the pale good-looking and brooding, mysterious guy who is uncompromising and very attractive?

the Byronic Hero

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which disability was Byron born with?

a club foot/ had a limp

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What was the nick name/moniker of Byron's father?

Mad Jack Byron

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what would Byron's Tinder Profile be called?

anywhere! anyhow!

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how is Don Juan different from the typical Byronic hero

he is passive (still sexy and mysterious) but things just happen to him.

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What part of the writer's body was put on fire by Byron's poetry according to the fan letter read aloud in the program?

breast/bosom

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which famous University did Byron go to?

Cambridge

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what did Byron's famous daughter Ada Lovelace invent?

computer programming

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what naughty thing is Byron sent in a letter by a Caroline Lamb, who later becomes his lover?

pubic hair (bloody pubes)

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Byron's longest-lasting affair was with an Italian aristocrat who was married to a man three times her age.

Teresa Guicolli

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why was Byronøs poetry so popular wth women, according to the professor

because he flirted with the reader through his poetry by leaving gaps for the reader to fill in for herself using her imagination.

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what was the name of tradition for young boys from the aristocracy go on travel throughout Europe?

the Grand Tour

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what was the name of Byron's half-sister with whim he had a child?

Augusta

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Name four types of pets  Byron kept at his house.

a bear, eagle, crow, falcon, cats, dogs, 10 horses, an Egyptian crane, 3 peacocks and 3 monkeys.

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