ENGL200B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Byronic Hero

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL200B
• Professor: Dorothy Hadfield

Document Summary

Romanticism lord byron and percy bysshe shelley. Summarize the main events in the lives of the two poets: byron and shelley. Distinguish the first generation of romantic poets from the second generation. Articulate some of the personal and political frustrations that underlie the poetry of. Articulate the principles underlying heroic romance and the ode. Analyze the role of both desire and loss in romantic poetry. Evaluate the romantic ideals of creativity, transcendence and immortality. Byron: childe harold"s pilgrimage, canto 3, stanzas 1, 2, 5-7, 17, 28, 36, 72, 89, 92-97, and 111-118 (pdf) Percy bysshe shelley: ode to the west wind , norton p. 388. Percy bysshe shelley, ozymandias , norton p. 386ge: the eolian harp , longman p. Both byron and shelley both were in second generation of romantic poets. Byron (b: 1788 d: 1824) was a member of the house of lords: advocated for reform (death penalty, labor reform, rights to vote)