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· The Romantic Poets were among the first celebrities in history.

o Famous for their talent and their scandalous lives.

· William Blake

o Born in London on November 28, 1757, Blake was not only a poet but also a painter and printmaker.

§ His prints and artworks are known just as much as his poems.

o Blake's work often explores themes of spirituality, imagination, and the nature of reality.

§ He often had visions as a child, including angels in a tree and God looking at him through a window.

§ Also, known for being a pioneer in the free love movement.

o In poems like "The Tyger" and "The Lamb," he explores the dualities of existence—good and evil, innocence and experience.

§ His most famous poem is Jerusalem which is now considered to the unofficial anthem for England.

o Influenced many poets, writers and is considered the inspiration for comic literature.

· Lord Byron

o Born George Gordon Byron on January 22, 1788, in London, Byron was both a poet and a nobleman.

o His life was marked by scandal, adventure, and a fierce dedication to personal freedom.

§ “Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know”

§ He was disabled and bulimic who suffered with body image issues.

§ Byron used to drink out of a skull he found and made flower pots out of the rest.

§ He had numerous affairs with both men and women as well as his own half-sister.

o Byron's most famous works include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan.

§ In Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Byron introduced the "Byronic hero," a brooding, rebellious, and charismatic figure that became a staple of Romantic literature.

§ Don Juan, on the other hand, is a satirical epic that parodies the traditional hero by presenting its protagonist as a flawed yet sympathetic character.

§ He was one of the first writers whose works were pirated!

o Byron fought for Greek independence and died in Greece in 1816

· Percy Shelley

o Born on August 4, 1792, in Sussex, England.

§ Also, he was famous vegetarian.

o He was expelled from Oxford for writing an essay promoting atheism.

o Married a 16-year-old girl Harriet Westbrook.

§ Shelley was cut off by his father and lost a huge fortune.

§ Harriet eventually drowned herself when Shelley abandoned her.

§ Married Mary Shelley, the writer of Frankenstein, three weeks later.

· Also was having a relationship with Mary’s step-sister!

o Shelley's poetry is known for its lyrical beauty, philosophical depth, and revolutionary spirit.

o He was a passionate advocate for political and social reform, and his works often express a longing for a more just and free world.

o Shelley's life was cut short when he drowned in a boating accident at the age of 29.

Hi, everyone and welcome back to Britain Under the Microscope. 欢迎回来【闲话英伦】. Hi, 安澜.

Hi lulu, hi everyone.

So 安澜, you know that we have been developing this new course, this new 四合一literature classics course.

Yeah, that's when we've been going through pretty much the whole of English literature very very carefully.

Yeah, and when we say English literature, we don't just mean England, we mean like English speaking.

English speaking literature.

Yeah, so I thought let's do a literature episode.

Sounds great. But like English literature is huge, which area do you want to focus on?

I would like to do the romantic poets.

Woo, yes.

就是浪漫主义诗人.

When you hear this title, you probably think "oh, it's just going to be very romantic and sentimental lyrics or like verses.

No.

No, we're gonna talk about their 狗血 life.

Yes, the romantic poets were pretty scandalous. And in some cases, pretty horrible as well.

Yeah. Well, unlike the name suggests.