1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 --- 1834) Born --- in a priest family Family --- his father died when he was only 3. Character --- lonely, but filled with dreams Education --- Charity School of Christ’s Hospital In Cambridge for 3 years without a degree

2. William Wordsworth Samuel Coleridge Robert Southey

3. In 1794, it is important for Coleridge. Robert Southey Excited at France Revolution Inspired by the idea of egalitarianism Establish a new community A utopian society in America, named it Pantisocracy Failed at lastconservative

4. His health Suffered acute pain in the head Ease the pain Took opium A slave to the drugLive in poverty

5. His works The Rime of the Ancient Mariner representative work a long poem written in ballad form the simple story The theme ----- about sin and its expiation The language ----- irresistible

6. Kubla Khan Collected in Lyrical Ballads unfinished poem of 54 lines He claimed that one day in his dream he composed a poem of 200—300 lines when he was taking a nap. He was interrupted by an unexpected guest and stopped at 54 lines.

7. George Gordon Byron (1788--- 1824) Born --- of noble blood on paternal and maternal lines. his father an aristocratic family her mother a Scottish heiress inherited the title of baron

8. His life * He was born with a club – foot and became extreme sensitivity about his lameness. * In Cambridge, he piled up debts and aroused alarm with bisexual love affairs. * In 1815, he married and had a daughter. But the marriage was unhappy, and they separated next year.

9. * In 1816, he left England because of the rumors, and never returned. * He settled in Geneva with Shelley and his lover. * He sailed to Greece, but he was contracted a fever from which he died. Education -----Harrow first, then Cambridge In 1807 while a student at Cambridge, he showed talent in verse writing

10. His works Hours of Idleness (1807) first collection of poetry received bad reviews Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812) became an adored character of London society English Bards And Scotch Reviewers answered his critics Don Juan (1818 -- 1823) unfinished, his masterpiece

11. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 --- 1827) Born --- on Aug 4, 1792, in an aristocratic family Education --- attended Syno House Academy, Eton In 1810, entered the Oxford University Marriage --- eloped with the 16– year – old girl, then married, but unhappy, failed. Then married Mary, and had a son.

12. His works: The Necessity of Atheism (1811) He was expelled from the college for publishing it. The Assassins (1814) during the journey with Mary To the West Wind (1820) To a Skylark (1820) odes----- popular poems

13. John Keats (1795 --- 1821) Born ----- on October 31, 1795 in London Family ----- father : a livery – stable keeper At 8 years old his father died, and his mother died when he was 14. Education ----- at Clarke’s School in Enfield His guardian forced him to leave school and apprenticed him to a surgeon.

14. He was the oldest of four children, who remained deeply devoted to each other. He spent three months in 1818 attending his brother Tom, who was seriously ill with tuberculosis, at last Tom died. In 1820 he began to suffer from tuberculosis, and died at the age of 25.

15. His works: Lines in Imitation of Spenser (1814) Poems (1817) first poem first book Endymion (1821) first long poem Ode to a Nightingale Ode to Autumn

16. Charles Lamb (1775 --- 1834) Born ----- in London, 1775 Education ---- at Christ’s Hospital, where he formed a lifelong friendship with Coleridge Illness ----- when he was 20 he suffered a period of insanity. Marriage ----- never married His sister, Mary, had similar problems and in 1796 murdered her mother in a fit of madness.

17. Thomas de Quincey (1785 --- 1859)