Course paper theme: george byron-his life and work. Scientific advisor

Chapter III. Career of the poet
3.1 Early career
While not at school or college, Byron dwelt at his mother's residence Burgage Manor in Southwell, Nottinghamshire.¹² While there, he cultivated friendships with Elizabeth Bridget Pigot and her brother John, with whom he staged two plays for the entertainment of the community. During this time, with the help of Elizabeth Pigot, who copied many of his rough drafts, he was encouraged to write his first volumes of poetry. «Fugitive Pieces» was printed by Ridge of Newark, which contained poems written when Byron was only 17. However, it was promptly recalled and burned on the advice of his friend the Reverend J. T. Becher, on account of its more amorous verses, particularly the poem «To Mary».
«Hours of Idleness», which collected many of the previous poems, along with more recent compositions, was the culminating book. The savage, anonymous criticism this received (now known to be the work of Henry Peter Brougham) in the Edinburgh Review prompted his first major satire, «English Bards and Scotch Reviewers»(1809).It was put into the hands of his relation R. C. Dallas, requesting him to "...get it published without his name."
Alexander Dallas gave a large series of changes and alterations, as well as the reasoning for some of them. He also stated that Byron had originally intended to prefix an argument to this poem, and Dallas quoted it. Although the work was published anonymously, by April, R. C. Dallas wrote that "you are already pretty generally known to be the author". The work so upset some of his critics they challenged Byron to a duel; over time, in subsequent editions, it became a mark of prestige to be the target of Byron's pen.¹³
After his return from travels he again entrusted R. C. Dallas as his literary agent to publish his poem «Childe Harold's Pilgrimage», which Byron thought of little account. The first two cantos of «Childe Harold's Pilgrimage» were published in 1812 and were received with acclaim.  In his own words, "I awoke one morning and found myself famous."¹⁴ He followed up his success with the poem's last two cantos, as well as four equally celebrated "Oriental Tales": The Giaour, The Bride of Abydos, The Corsair, and Lara. About the same time, he began his intimacy with his future biographer, Thomas Moore.