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Lalla Rookh

poem by Moore

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discussed in biography

In Thomas Moore
Lalla Rookh (1817), a narrative poem set (on Byron’s advice) in an atmosphere of Oriental splendour, gave Moore a reputation among his contemporaries rivaling that of Byron and Sir Walter Scott. It was perhaps the most translated poem of its time, and it earned what…
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role in English literature

In English literature: Other poets of the early Romantic period
His highly colored narrative Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance (1817) and his satirical poetry were also immensely popular. Charlotte Smith was not the only significant woman poet in this period. Helen Maria Williams’s Poems (1786), Ann Batten Cristall’s Poetical Sketches (1795), Mary Robinson’s Sappho and Phaon (1796), and Mary…
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role of al-Muqannaʿ

In al-Muqannaʿ
…hero of the narrative poem Lalla Rookh (1817) by Thomas Moore.
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