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2 nd Generation Romantics. Byron and Shelley. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). Oxford…for a year Expelled for publishing “The Necessity of Atheism”. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). Elopes and marries at 19 Meets Mary Wollstonecraft, elopes again. First Wife commits suicide.
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2nd Generation Romantics Byron and Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) • Oxford…for a year • Expelled for publishing “The Necessity of Atheism”
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) • Elopes and marries at 19 • Meets Mary Wollstonecraft, elopes again. • First Wife commits suicide
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) • Moves to Italy • Drowns in a storm on his boat just before his 30th birthday
“Ozymandias” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3dpghfRBHE
George Gordon, Lord Byron • Clubfoot deformity • Bisexual • Extravagant, wild lifestyle • Shunned by other aristocracy “Mad, bad, and dangerous to know”
Lord Byron • Writing • Don Juan – satirical epic • Byronic hero – young man with stormy emotions who shuns humanity • Feels guilty for sins of the past • “She Walks in Beauty”