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 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 WAS HOT!
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
Fanny & John
JOHN KEATS Poetry that appeals to the senses Search for immortality