(SS) 19th Century Authors / Descriptions
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lollypop14 on November 21, 2011
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This set includes all the authors from the Short Story & Poetry Unit along with their descriptions.
***Note: Descriptions are based on the Fall 2011 presentations
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Terms | Definitions |
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 Percy Bysshe Shelley | • 1792-1822 • Born in England, died in Italy • While attending Eton College was bullied & called "Shelley-baits" by peers • Eloped w/ Harriet Westbrook (age 16) • 2 years later left her & married Mary Godwin (age 16) • Mary Godwin wrote Frankenstein |
| William Blake | • 1757-1857 • English Poet, Painter, & Printmaker • Unrecognized during his time period • Influenced by ideas of American & French Revolutions |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | • 1772-1834 • English poet, literary critic philosopher • Founded England's Romantic Movement w/ friend Wordsworth • Member of the "Lake Poets" (didn't follow school of thought) • Influenced Emerson & Poe • Opium addict later in life • Bi-polar • Introduced German Idealistic Philosophy to England |
| William Wordsworth | • 1770-1847 • British poet who wrote many pieces • Went to Cambridge University & St. John's College • Visited many places (France, Switzerland, Germany) • Illegitimate daughter w/ Anette Vallon • Cared for sister for last 20 years of her life • Daughter Dora dies in 1847 & he loses will to write poems • Love for nature & imagination deeply affected by magnificent landscape he grew up around • Death of parents separated him from beloved & neurotic sister Dorothy • Later in life became patriotic, conservative, public man & put away radical ideas |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | • 1803-1882 • Poet, philosopher, lecturer, essayist • Believed in individualism, non-conformity, & need for unity between man & nature • Loving, strict upbringing • Hindu & Buddhist poetry made him struggle w/ his Christianity • Wife dies of TB • 1838 labeled athiest • Visited many places (England, Scotland, France, Italy) • Met Coleridge & Emerson during travels • Wrote countless essays, lectures, poems • Believed spiritual inner self more important than material external self |
| Lord George Gordon Byron | • 1788-1824 • English poet • Leading figure in Romantic movement • Aristocratic excesses (debts, love affairs) • Fought against Ottoman empire in Greek War of Independence • Largely influenced European art & literature • Condemned on moral grounds by contemporaries |
| Edgar Allen Poe | • 1809-1849 • Born & died in MA • Taken in by John & Frances Allen in VA • Attended University of VA but dropped out due to lack of funds • Joined army until discharged over court martial • Went to West Point & began writing • Married 13-year-old cousin • Heavy dependence on opium • Grave destroyed by train |
| Gaston Leroux | • 1868-1927 • Born in Paris • Earned law degree • Inherited vast fortune & lived wildly until nearly reached bankruptcy • Investigate journalist • Loved to write plays & mystery novels |
| Lord Alfred Tennyson | • 1809 - 1892 • Poet Laureate of England during most of Queen Victoria's reign • Attended Cambridge • Agnosticism & Pantheism • Influenced by Romantic poets including John Keats • 9th most quoted author in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations |
| Oscar Wilde | • 1854-1900 • Highly controversal character • Wrote many short stories & poems • Brilliant; received scholarships to several highly ranked schools including Oxford • Rebellion grows, desire for formal education dwindles • Married Constance Lloyd & lived in extravegance • Life peppered w/ harsh critiques due to his sexuality • Known for clever witicisms, such as "Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much" • Based many of his 'dandies' on himself |
| Anton Chekhov | • 1860-1904 • Russian physician, dramatist, author • Series of affairs • Contracts tuberculosis; doctor recommends warmer climate • Chekhov moves to Yalta • Builds "White Dacha" house in 1898 • Marries Olga Knipper in 1901 • Dies of TB |
| George Bernard Shaw | • 1856-1950 • Born in Dublin, Ireland • Discontented student [homeschooled?] to discontented clerk to critic of the arts to playright • Member of Fabian Society • Socialist, semi-feminist • Married Charlotte Payne-Townshend • Died from kidney failure |
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