Romatics Context Flashcards
William Blake
Born in London 1757
Working class family
Non strong religious conformist beliefs
Swedenborg resonated with him
Was an illustrator for Paradise lost
Lived through the American revolution and Visted france
First wave Romantic poet
Wordsworth
Born in 1770
Lived in the countryside
Lived in france, saw the french revolution first hand- was a young revolutionary but loyal to england
Lived wirh Godwin and Coleridge
Lyrical Ballads
First wave romantic poet
John Keates
Born in 1795
lower middle class family
Dad dies in horse riding accident
Mam died of TB
Became a medical apprentice
His brother died of TB in 1818 - He Nursed him personally
Fell in love with Fanny Brawne
Set of for italy in 1820
Develops TB
Keates great odes
Burtons the anatomy of melonhxoly
shakespeare king lear
