Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822) (6 posts)

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Remorse (* Corrine Welf, Feb 3, 2005 - 05:28 )
What An Absolutely Beautiful Writing! (* rosalie Cornelius, Nov 21, 2004 - 23:08 )
Ode to the West Wind (* Corrine Welf, Nov 21, 2004 - 19:13 )

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Aphra Behn (1640-1689) (6 posts)

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The Disappointment (* Lady Maude Alys Godwinson, Feb 2, 2005 - 02:31 )
On desire (* Lady Maude Alys Godwinson, Feb 2, 2005 - 01:37 )
Aphra Behn, Love Armed (* Corrine Welf, Aug 28, 2004 - 20:40 )

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John Keats (1795-1821) (12 posts)

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Great romantic whose short life is marked by tragedy with the loss of his parents at a young age. Later he watched his brother die of tuberculosis, which would eventually claim his own life.
I Also Just Wanted To Add . . . (* rosalie Cornelius, Dec 1, 2004 - 21:15 )
To Cherokee Rose . . . (* rosalie Cornelius, Dec 1, 2004 - 21:00 )
This is a sweet place! (* CherokeeRose Sequoyah, Dec 1, 2004 - 13:17 )

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Jane Austen (1775-1817) (1 posts)

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Jane Austen Quote (* Catalina Caesar, Dec 5, 2004 - 02:11 )

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John Dryden (1631 - 1700) (2 posts)

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1631-1700; Poet, playwright, satirist, former Poet Laureate.
John Dryden, a biography and partial bibliography (* Corrine Welf, Oct 1, 2004 - 01:58 )
Marriage a la Mode (* Lady Maude Alys Godwinson, Aug 18, 2004 - 18:58 )

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William Blake (1757-1827) (3 posts)

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Poet, painter, prophet; his Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience contrast the world of the child with the world of the adult - influenced by the change from an agricultural society to that of an industrial one.
Some stories about Blake (* Sybile Valerius, Sep 12, 2004 - 12:11 )
Songs of Experience: The Clod and the Pebble (* Lady Maude Alys Godwinson, Sep 9, 2004 - 20:29 )
Auguries of Innocence (* Sybile Valerius, Aug 27, 2004 - 08:04 )

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Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731) (1 posts)

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Inveterate scribbler who was often in royal disfavor for his outspoken comments about England's political scene, Defoe has left a lasting legacy in the books he penned
Daniel Defoe, works (* Corrine Welf, Aug 31, 2004 - 05:21 )

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Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) (2 posts)

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1709-1784; Poet, essayist, journalist, lexicographer, conversationalist; one of the greatest figures in arts and letters. Quote: "One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts."
Samuel Johnson: Lapidary Inscriptions (* Sybile Valerius, Aug 29, 2004 - 16:22 )
Sarcasm, indeed! (* Catalina Caesar, Aug 27, 2004 - 17:24 )

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Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) (4 posts)

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1688-1744; Great Poet of the Enlightenment, essayist, satirist, critic.
My pleasure, Sybile! n/t (* Catalina Caesar, Aug 27, 2004 - 14:14 )
Catalina, thank you so much! (* Sybile Valerius, Aug 27, 2004 - 07:49 )
An Essay on Man? (* Catalina Caesar, Aug 26, 2004 - 18:02 )

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) (1 posts)

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Poet, dramatist, essayist, critic, journalist and philosopher, he is best known for his Rime of the Ancient Mariner. His addiction to laudenum is attributed to the decline of his poetic powers, yet he remains a great influence in literary theory to this day.
Samuel taylor Coleridge... (* Sybile Valerius, Aug 24, 2004 - 12:55 )

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George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) (1 posts)

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Poet whose scandalous life and creation of the "Byronic hero" influenced the continent (Nietzsche) more than his homeland. His epic verse is more aligned in tone and theme with Pope and the other neoclassical poets. Yet Byron is still considered to be the epitome of the Romantic: moody, saturnine, passionate, remorseful yet unrepentant.
Mad, bad and dangerous to know (* Lady Maude Alys Godwinson, Aug 22, 2004 - 19:38 )

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Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) (- posts)

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1667-1745; Satirist, essayist, known mainly for his work "Gulliver's Travels". All - posts...

James Boswell (1740 - 1795) (- posts)

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1740-1795; Scottish lawyer, essayist, biographer; partner in one of the great relationships in literary history. All - posts...

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) (- posts)

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Poet Laureate, the "poet of the remembrance of things past", his lyrical ballads reflect ordinary incidents and situations from common life presented with an unusual aspect. He is often associated with the Lake District, a place of idyllic beauty. All - posts...

Contemporary European Playwrights: Racine, Moliere et al (- posts)

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