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Lord Byron

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British Romantic poet and satirist whose poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe
- known for his poem satiric realism of ‘Don Juan’

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Sylvia Plath poet and writer

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clearly express the emotional turmoil and internal struggles she faced, including severe depression and mental anguish over her father’s death. She embraced the modernist period and wrote with honesty and transparency, revealing her inner thoughts and emotions without holding back. -> embraces modernist period

The Bell Jar, - fictionalised autobiography - identity, losing herself due to mental health -> postmodernist -> fragmentation

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Maya Angelou

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Thomas wyatt

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  • Whoso List to Hunt
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