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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE AND
The Rhyme of The…
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
LIFE
Cumberland (1770-1850), studied at Cambridge, supported the French Revolution. Moved to Dorset in 1795 with his sister (supporter of his work). Close to Coleridge, co-wrote Lyrical Ballads. Later became a monarchist.
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PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
LIFE
Sussex (1792-1822), wealthy family, expelled from Oxford (political pamphlet). Rebelled against religion, customs, laws. Died drowning in a storm near Livorno.
Rejection of social conventions, political oppression, tyranny. Faith in a better future, freedom and love as means to overcome conventions.
Nature: A veil concealing Divine truth (symbolic images), a refuge from modern injustice.
The poet is both a prophet and a titan, he has to help mankind to reach an ideal world
Poetry is the expression of immagination, is a revolutionary creativity, can change the reality of a materialistic world