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Second Generation ROMANTICS. Byron (1788-1824) Shelley (1792-1822) Keats (1795-1821). Timeline for the Romantics. WORDSWORTH. COLERIDGE. BYRON. SHELLEY. KEATS. 1770. 1850. GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON. “Carpe diem”. THE BYRONIC HERO.
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Timeline for the Romantics WORDSWORTH COLERIDGE BYRON SHELLEY KEATS 1770 1850
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON • “Carpe diem”
THE BYRONIC HERO • A passionate, moody, restless character who has exhausted most of the world’s excitements and who lives under the weight of some mysterious sin committed in the past.
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON • Fought for Greek Independence I ALWAYS WASHOT!
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY • Atheist • Revolutionary • Free Love Advocate
PERCY & HARRIET MARY & PERCY & HARRIET
JOHN KEATS • Lost both his mother and older brother to tuberculosis • Died at age 25 of tuberculosis
JOHN KEATS • Poetry that appeals to the senses • Search for immortality