Facebook Project Due: Tuesday, May 29th Romantic Poets Facebook Project Due: Tuesday, May 29th
William Blake - Poet & Artist Considered mad by people of his time but was a genius to the following generations
William Wordsworth Started the Romantic movement with his B.F.F., Samuel T. Coleridge.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Addicted to laudanum – opium/alcohol mix B.F.F to Wordsworth
George Gordon, Lord Byron Ladies’ man Pals with Percy Shelley and John Keats Wrote Don Juan Had a club foot
John Keats Graduated from college & became a Doctor by age 20 Liked Fanny. Movie recently made about their romance
Percy Shelley Married to Mary Shelley Had an…active…love life
Mary Shelley Married to Percy Shelley Her mother was an early feminist writer Author of Frankenstein
Jane Austen Wrote Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma Her books have been much loved for ages and are often made into film.
Charlotte Brontë Wrote Jane Eyre
Emily Brontë Wrote Wuthering Heights
Anne Brontë Youngest sister, wrote poetry.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Despite creating most rational fictional character, Sherlock Holmes, believed in fairies and the supernatural. Used friends and teachers to inspire characters (including his villain)