Wildly Romantic
The English Romantic Poets: The Mad, the Bad, and the Dangerous
Kids, People and Places, Biography, Non-Fiction, Teen
| Author: | Catherine M. Andronik | ISBN: | 9781429989732 |
| Publisher: | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) | Publication: | April 17, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) | Language: | English |
| Author: | Catherine M. Andronik |
| ISBN: | 9781429989732 |
| Publisher: | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) |
| Publication: | April 17, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) |
| Language: | English |
Meet the rebellious young poets who brought about a literary revolution
Rock stars may think they invented sex, drugs, and rock and roll, but the Romantic poets truly created the mold.
In the early 1800s, poetry could land a person in jail. Those who tried to change the world through their poems risked notoriety—or courted it. Among the most subversive were a group of young writers known as the Romantics: Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Samuel Taylor Cole-ridge, William Wordsworth, and John Keats. These rebels believed poetry should express strong feelings in ordinary language, and their words changed literature forever.
Wildly Romantic is a smart, sexy, and fascinating look at these original bad boys—and girls.
Meet the rebellious young poets who brought about a literary revolution
Rock stars may think they invented sex, drugs, and rock and roll, but the Romantic poets truly created the mold.
In the early 1800s, poetry could land a person in jail. Those who tried to change the world through their poems risked notoriety—or courted it. Among the most subversive were a group of young writers known as the Romantics: Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Samuel Taylor Cole-ridge, William Wordsworth, and John Keats. These rebels believed poetry should express strong feelings in ordinary language, and their words changed literature forever.
Wildly Romantic is a smart, sexy, and fascinating look at these original bad boys—and girls.
