English Bards and Scotch Reviewers
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English Bards and Scotch Reviewers is a satirical poem written by Lord Byron
. It was first published, anonymously, in March 1809; the opening parodies the first satire of Juvenal
. A second, expanded edition followed later in 1809, with Byron identified as the author.
The text is referred to in Tom Stoppard
's play Arcadia
.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS , commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was a British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement...
. It was first published, anonymously, in March 1809; the opening parodies the first satire of Juvenal
Juvenal
The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD.Juvenal is credited with sixteen known poems divided among five books; all are in the Roman genre of satire, which, at its most basic in the time of the author, comprised a...
. A second, expanded edition followed later in 1809, with Byron identified as the author.
The text is referred to in Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE, FRSL is a British playwright, knighted in 1997. He has written prolifically for TV, radio, film and stage, finding prominence with plays such as Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, The Real Thing, and Rosencrantz and...
's play Arcadia
Arcadia (play)
Arcadia is a 1993 play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present and between order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge...
.