Which Romantic poet created the brooding, passionate, and cynical archetype known as the 'Byronic hero' in works like Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Lord Byron
- Step 1: George Gordon, Lord Byron created aristocratic, melancholic outcasts defying social conventions. Step 2. The Byronic hero heavily influenced 19th-century European literature and music. Answer: Lord Byron. Why not the others: Shelley created idealistic reformers; Wordsworth wrote autobiographical nature epics; Scott founded the Scottish historical novel.
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