Romantic poets

FAMOUS ROMANTIC POETS OF THE ENGLISH LITERATURE

1. ROMANTIC POETS

2. HIGHLIGHTS OF ROMANTICISM The individual emotions, feelings, and expressions of artists. It rejected rigid forms and structures. Instead, it placed great stress on the individual, unique experience of an artist/writer. Romanticism gave great value to nature, and artists experience within nature. This was in stark contrast to the rapid industrialisation of society in the Nineteenth Century. Romanticism was considered idealistic – a belief in greater ideals than materialism and rationalism and the potential beauty of nature and mystical experience. Romanticism was influenced by the ideals of the French and American revolution, which sought to free man from a rigid autocratic society. Over time, it also became more associated with burgeoning nationalistic movements, e.g. movement for Italian independence.

3. William Blake (1757 –1827)

4. WILLIAM BLAKE William Blake Poet, artist, and mystic. Blake wrote Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience, The Four Zoas , and Jerusalem. Blake is not considered a classical, romantic poet, but his new style of poetry and mystical experience of nature had a significant influence on the growth of romanticism.

5. ROBERT BURNS (1759 – 1796)

6. ROBERT BURNS Robert Burns (1759 – 1796) Scottish romantic poet who was influential in the development of romantic poetry. He wrote in both English and Scottish and also contributed to radical politics.

7. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772 –1834)

8. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 –1834) English romantic poet and a member of the “Lakes Poets.” Coleridge’s famous poems included The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel and Kubla Khan. Coleridge helped to bring to England the concept of German idealism. (an important strand of Romanticism)

9. LORD BYRON (1788 – 1824)

10. LORD BYRON Lord Byron (1788 – 1824) English romantic poet, who led a flamboyant, extravagant lifestyle – travelling across Europe. His works included Don Juan, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and She Walks in Beauty.

11. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792 –1822)

12. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 –1822) English romantic poet, and friend to John Keats. Famous works include Queen Mab , Prometheus Unbound and Adonais – his tribute to Keats. Shelley was also an atheist and radical political writer.

13. JOHN KEATS (1795 – 1821)

14. JOHN KEATS John Keats (1795 – 1821) English Romantic poet. One of his best-known works is Endymion : A Poetic Romance (1817). Famous poems include; A Thing of Beauty ( Endymion ), Bright Star, When I Have Fears, Ode To A Nightingale.

15. A PRESENTATION BY RAMSHEENA K