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        One writer who has not recieved nearly enough credit for his works is George Gordon, who later became known as Lord Byron. This is the man who wrote his own poetical version of Don Juan. Don Juan is a man who is known for being able to arouse the desires of women and to love every one he meets. This Don Juan can be viewed, however, as a loosely disguised biography of Byron.         Lord Byron's …

…published without an author or a publisher. Many thought the poem was novel and powerful, and caused great misgivings for Byron's publisher. Others hoped for the poem to be discontinued. The first sample of Don Juan got a very mixed reception. Byron's publisher, Murray, told him the poem was too outrageously shocking and to revise it. He did not listen to Murray. He believed in what he had created and he wanted to continue it.