Byronic hero

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1. A kind of hero found in several of the works of Lord Byron. Like Byron himself, a Byronic hero is a melancholy and rebellious young man, distressed by a terrible wrong he committed in the past.

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Byronic hero

Mena’s nimbleness was a large part of what gave the overture to Schumann’s 1848 “Manfred” the humanity required to hear the composer’s heart in the chest of the Byronic hero.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2021

After all, when Con first appears, dressed in dusty shades of purple like a retired royal, we already know he’s our Byronic hero.

From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2020

As writer Rebecca Traister pointed out on Twitter, a woman who abandoned her family for "self-discovery tours" would be regarded as a selfish monster, not a Byronic hero.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2019

Singers can also have a harder time separating themselves from their made-up rock n’ roll persona – whether party animal or Byronic hero.

From Forbes ● Jan. 28, 2015

But do not expect to find either Mazepa or Charles, nor the usual gloomy Byronic hero.

From An Outline of Russian Literature by Baring, Maurice