English Literature 12: Unit 6- The Romantic Age

*ABOUT James Montgomery* • Favored the singing of hymns in the Anglican worship and supported missionary activities. • He wrote over 400 hymns and 3 hymnbooks.

*WORKS by James Montgomery* • Go to Dark Gethsemane • Prayer Is the Soul's Sincere Desire

*ABOUT Charles Lamb* • He is the most lovable of the essayists because of his delicate, old-fashioned style, his sense of humor, and his cheery, heroic struggle against misfortune. • He is best remembered for his familiar essays. • Lamb's first successful literary venture would be Tales from Shakespeare:: a book he wrote with his sister that made Shakespeare's works more understandable to children.

*WORKS by Charles Lamb* • Dream Children: A Reverie

*ABOUT George Gordon, Lord Byron:* • A master of bitter satire, which e learned in part from his favorite poet, Alexander Pope. • His last work was the unfinished satire Don Juan. • His other works were Romantic tales and dramas set in the orient and a variety of short lyric poems. • "Byronic hero."

*WORKS by George Gordon, Lord Byron:* • from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage • When We Two Parted • The Prisoner of Chillon: A Fable • Maid of Athens, Ere We Part • On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year

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*ABOUT Henry Francis Lyte* • He read the Bible and learned how to be saved. • He wrote more than 80 hymns and paraphrases of the Psalms.

*WORKS by Henry Francies Lyte* His most popular hymns: • Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven • Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken • Abide with Me

*ABOUT Jane Austen* • She did for the English novel precisely what the Lake Poets did for English poetry-*she refined and simplified it, making it a true reflection of English • She was one of the first novelists to chronicle the lives of everyday, commonplace people.

*WORKS by Jane Austen* • from Pride and Prejudice - Pride and Prejudice is generally considered her best novel.

* ABOUT John Keats* • The only major romantic poet of humble birth. • The primary articles of his creed were, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever" and the idea that beauty and truth are one. • He believed poetry should exist and be enjoyed for its own sake. • His use of rich, sensual imagery is unsurpassed in English poetry. • Many people believe that had Keats lived longer, he would have rivaled Shakespeare as England's greatest poet.

*WORKS by John Keats* • On First Looking into Chapman's Homer • La Belle Dame sans Merci • Ode on a Grecian Urn • When I have Fears

*ABOUT Leigh Hunt* • Was an early champion of Shelly and Keats when they were ridiculed or ignored. • He was friends with many great poets even though he was not a great poet himself. • *His main poetic achievement was the introduction of the colloquial style in his poems.* • He was part of a radical weekly newspaper named The Examiner.

*WORKS by Leigh Hunt* • Abou Ben Athen and the Angel • Rondeau

*ABOUT Percy Bysshe Shelley:* • Considered the greatest English lyricist. • His love lyrics are among the best poems.

*WORKS by Percy Bysshe Shelley:* • To Wordsworth • To A Skylark • Ode to the West Wind • Love's Philosophy • A Dirge • Mutability

*ABOUT Reginald Heber* • An Anglican minister that lead the movement to make the literary hymn popular. • He was also a leader in encouraging hymn singing in his congregation as opposed to singing only the metrical Psalms.

*WORKS by Reginald Heber* • Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning • From Greenland's Icy Mountains • God That Madest Earth and Heaven

*ABOUT Robert Southey:* • The third of the trio of Lake Poets (Wordsworth & Coleridge) • He became port laureate in 1813 but a few years later began to concentrate primarily on prose.

*WORKS by Robert Southey:* • The Battle of Blenheim - Strange epics set in exotic locations.

*ABOUT Samuel Taylor Coleridge:* • One of the finest English poet-critics, although he wrote only a small number of poems. • The Rhime was one of his greatest work. • In 1817, he wrote his most important critical work, the Biographa Literata. • Perhaps one of the most important of all the Romantic ideas about literature was his notion of "willing suspension of disbelief." • ^ The key to enjoying The Rhime

*WORKS by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:* • The Rhime of the Ancient Mariner • Kubla Khan

*ABOUT Sir Walter Scott* • He was the creator of the historical novel. • His grandmother developed the intense love of Scottish history that characterizes all his work. • Scott's Romanticism is seen in his love for supernatural agencies, which figure in many of his stories, in his fondness for adventure, for mystery, for the rush of battle, for color and sharp contrast, and in his love for the past. • For the variety of his creations, he is surpassed by no other novelist. • His influence can be seen in historical novels of almost every nation.

*WORKS by Sir Walter Scott* • My Native Land • from The Monastery • Ivanhoe and Rebecca from Ivanhoe

*ABOUT Thomas Kelley* • Is known for his brilliant scholarship, his literary and musical ability, and his generous and gracious spirit. • Kelly's hymns were not particularly by the literary movement; they are hymns of praise which employ unusual meters. • He wrote a total of 765 hymns. • He also composed music for many of his hymns.

*WORKS by Thomas Kelley* • Praise the Savior - Most popular one.

*ABOUT Thomas Moore* • An Irish poet an musician, was the most popular figure of his day after Byron. • Although Moore wrote political satires, romances, and a biography of Byron, he ha been remembered for his superb Irish lyrics.

*WORKS by Thomas Moore* • The Harp That Once thro' Tara's Halls • 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer • As Down in the Sunless Retreats • Come, Ye Disconsolate

ABOUT *William Wordsworth:* • The greatest English poet since Milton, initiated the Romantic Movement in England with his first edition of Lyrical Ballads of 1796. • The Preface in the second edition became one of the most important pieces of English literary criticism. • Wordsworth has been called the world's supreme poet of nature. • He tended toward the false idea of pantheism. • Seven years before his death, Wordsworth was appointed poet laureate by Queen Victoria.

*WORKS by William Wordsworth:* • Lines Written in Early Spring • Expostulation and Reply • The Tables Turned • Lines Composed A Few Miles above Tintern Abbey •She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways • A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal • I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud • from Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood • By the Sea-Side near Calais • It is a Beauteous Evening Calm and Free • Near Dover, September 1802 • Written in London, September 1802 • London, 1802 • Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent's Narrow Riin