The first generation of romantic poets
The first generation of Romantic Poets
The British Romantic movement started with the publication of the revolutionary collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge called Lyrical Ballads. Lyrical Ballads is considered "the manifesto of English Romanticism" because of its use of a simpler language, used to liberate imagination, and for its peculiar choice of subject matters such as nature, emotions, imagination, childhood innocence and ordinary life and people, that strive away from the rationalism, objectivity and cynicism of the Age of Reason.
Lake District National Park
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
He's considered the father of English Romanticism. He was born in the Lake District and was influenced by nature, the French Revolution and his travels. His poetry, often written in a simple language, focuses on themes like nature, childhood, and memory. He believed that nature teaches moral values and that childhood is the purest stage of life. His collaboration with Coleridge, Lyrical Ballads, is a key Romantic work. Other major poems of his include The Prelude and Ode: Imitations of Immortality.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
S.T. Coleridge was born in Devonshire, where he was brought up with an excellent classics education. Subsequently, he went to study at Cambridge University, where he was influenced by the ideals of the French Revolution.
In 1795, he met William Wordsworth, they got close and started working toghether. During these years, Coleridge wrote his best works : - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798): His most popular work and the first poem of the first publication of Lyrical Ballads; - Christabel (written in 1797, published in 1816); - Kubla Khan (written in 1798, published in 1816); - Biographia Literaria (1817).
Comparison between Wordsworth and Coleridge
sources
Books
- Performer Heritage (2016) - Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella, Margaret Layton | Zanichelli
- Literary journeys (2021) - Arturo Cattaneo, Donatella De Flaviis, Sergio Knipe | Mondadori Education
- https://www.ukessays.com/essays/english-literature/first-generation-of-romantic-poets-english-literature-essay.php
- https://rosariomariocapalbo.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/romanticismneoclassicismdifferences/
- https://medium.com/@acidtestgo/lyrical-ballads-the-dawn-of-romanticism-in-english-literature-d379427d2025
- https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/collex/exhibits/poetic-associations-nineteenth-century-english-poetry-collection-dr-gerald-n-wachs/lyrical-ballads/
Sites
- https://lrcapuana.com/2017/02/17/first-generation-romantic-poets-william-wordsworth-and-samuel-t-coleridge/
- https://www.keatspoetry.schulte.buffscreate.net/first-generation-poets/
- https://www.ladyinreadwrites.com/the-lake-poets-and-their-lake-poems/
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The first generation of romantic poets
The first generation of Romantic Poets
The British Romantic movement started with the publication of the revolutionary collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge called Lyrical Ballads. Lyrical Ballads is considered "the manifesto of English Romanticism" because of its use of a simpler language, used to liberate imagination, and for its peculiar choice of subject matters such as nature, emotions, imagination, childhood innocence and ordinary life and people, that strive away from the rationalism, objectivity and cynicism of the Age of Reason.
Lake District National Park
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
He's considered the father of English Romanticism. He was born in the Lake District and was influenced by nature, the French Revolution and his travels. His poetry, often written in a simple language, focuses on themes like nature, childhood, and memory. He believed that nature teaches moral values and that childhood is the purest stage of life. His collaboration with Coleridge, Lyrical Ballads, is a key Romantic work. Other major poems of his include The Prelude and Ode: Imitations of Immortality.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
S.T. Coleridge was born in Devonshire, where he was brought up with an excellent classics education. Subsequently, he went to study at Cambridge University, where he was influenced by the ideals of the French Revolution. In 1795, he met William Wordsworth, they got close and started working toghether. During these years, Coleridge wrote his best works : - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798): His most popular work and the first poem of the first publication of Lyrical Ballads; - Christabel (written in 1797, published in 1816); - Kubla Khan (written in 1798, published in 1816); - Biographia Literaria (1817).
Comparison between Wordsworth and Coleridge
sources
Books
Sites
Thank you!
Marialuisa Monzo Anna Riggi Cristian De Vivo