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‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ is the longest major poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was published in the first edition of ‘Lyrical Ballads’ in 1798 and tells the story of a sailor's cursed voyage.
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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.
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P.B. Shelley (Percy Bysshe Shelley) was a major English Romantic poet. Arnold, Tennyson, and Browning belong to the subsequent Victorian era.
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William Shakespeare was born in 1564. His birth date is traditionally observed on April 23, which is also the feast day of Saint George, the patron saint of England.
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‘The Solitary Reaper’ is a poem by William Wordsworth. It reflects the Romantic fascination with solitary figures in nature and the power of memory to preserve beautiful experiences.
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‘The Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin is a scientific writing. Published in 1859, it laid the foundation for the field of evolutionary biology.
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‘The Sun Also Rises’ is a novel by Ernest Hemingway. It is a quintessential work of the ‘Lost Generation’ era, depicting the disillusionment and lifestyle of expatriates in post-WWI Europe.
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William Wordsworth is pre-eminently a poet of nature. He revolutionized English poetry by focusing on the natural world as a source of spiritual truth and emotional healing.
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The Romantic Age is traditionally said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of ‘Lyrical Ballads’, a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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‘Macbeth’ is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is one of his darkest and most powerful plays, exploring the corrupting nature of unchecked ambition.