Poets in English literature

The Three most well-known English authors are:-
William Wordsworth 
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 
John Keats 

1. Romantic Poets Of English Literature Presented By: Komal Agarwal

2. Romanticism , a philosophical, literary, artistic and cultural era which began in the mid/late-18th century as a reaction against the prevailing Enlightenment ideals of the day (Romantics favored more natural, emotional and personal artistic themes),also influenced poetry. Inevitably, the characterization of a broad range of contemporaneous poets and poetry under the single unifying name can be viewed more as an exercise in historical compartmentalization than an attempt to capture the essence of the actual ‘movement’.

3. The Three most well-known English authors are, in order of birth and with an example of their work: William Wordsworth  –  The Prelude Samuel Taylor Coleridge  –  Rime of the Ancient Mariner John Keats  –  Great Odes  "Hyperion" "Endymion" POETS

4. William Wordsworth William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads.  Born:  April 7, 1770, Cocker mouth, United Kingdom Died:  April 23, 1850, Cumberland, United Kingdom Education:  Hawkshead Grammar School, University of Cambridge, St John's College, Cambridge Children:  Dora Wordsworth, John Wordsworth, Catherine Wordsworth,Thomas Wordsworth, William "Willy" Wordsworth Siblings:  Dorothy Wordsworth, Christopher Wordsworth

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6. Content  Things from ordinary life. Aim  To give these ordinary things the charm of novelty . Style  The language of common men purified by the poet. Main interest  Relationship between man and nature; imagination as a means of knowledge. Wordsworth’s poetry

7. At the end of the 18th century, poet William Wordsworth helped found the Romantic movement in English literature. He also wrote- "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud." Major Works…. Lyrical Ballads , with a Few Other Poems  (1798) "Simon Lee" " We are Seven " " Lines Written in Early Spring " " Expostulation and Reply " " The Tables Turned " "The Thorn" " Lines Composed A Few Miles above Tintern Abbey "

8. Poems, in Two Volumes  (1807) " Resolution and Independence " " I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud " Also known as " Daffodils " " My Heart Leaps Up " " Ode: Intimations of Immortality " " Ode to Duty " " The Solitary Reaper " " Elegiac Stanzas " " Composed upon Westminster Bridge ” (September 3, 1802) " London” ( 1802) " The World Is Too Much with Us " Guide to the Lakes  (1810)  To the Cuckoo  The Excursion   (1814) Laodamia   (1815, 1845) The Prelude   (1850)

9. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. Born:  October 21, 1772, Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom Died:  July 25, 1834, Highgate, United Kingdom Spouse:  Sarah Fricker(m. 1795–1808) Children:  Hartley Coleridge, Sara Coleridge, Derwent Coleridge, Berkeley Coleridge Movies:  Christabel, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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11. Content  Supernatural characters. Aim  To give them a semblance of truth . Style  Archaic language rich in sound devices. Main interest  The creative power of imagination Coleridge’s poetry

12. 1798  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , the first poem of the collection Lyrical Ballads . 1816  Christabel , an unfinished narrative poem . 1816  the dreamlike poem Kubla Khan , composed under the influence of opium . 1817  Biographia Literaria , a classic text of literary criticism and autobiography . Main works

13. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet of the Romantic Movement, best known for his allegorical sea-faring poem, " The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Poetry Kubla Khan The Suicide's Argument The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Fears In Solitude The Good, Great Man Frost At Midnight

14. Christabel About The Nightingale Desire Work Without Hope Dejection: An Ode Despair A Child's Evening Prayer

15. John Keats John Keats was an English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley despite his work having been in publication for only four years before his death.  Born:  October 31, 1795, Moorgate, London, United Kingdom Died:  February 23, 1821, Rome, Italy Education:  King's College London Movies:  Arterial Parents:  Frances Jennings Keats, Thomas Keats

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17. Main Works Poems with Hymn to Pan and the " Bacchic procession" 1817 "O Solitude" 1816 Poems 1817 Endymion 1818 "Hyperion", epic poem 1819 "The Fall of Hyperion", epic poem 1819 English Romantic lyric poet John Keats was dedicated to the perfection of poetry marked by vivid imagery that expressed a philosophy through classical legend

18. Lamia and other poems, including his famous Hellenic odes "On a Grecian Urn" and "To Psyche" 1820 "Isabella" 1820 "The Eve of St. Agnes" 1820 "The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy" 1888 (Published after he died)

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