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Jonathan Swift wrote "Gulliver's Travels," published in 1726. It is a prose satire on human nature and the 'travelers' tales' literary subgenre.
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Alexander Pope is the most famous mock-heroic poet, best known for "The Rape of the Lock," which treats a trivial subject (the cutting of a lock of hair) with epic grandeur.
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William Wordsworth is known as the 'Poet of Nature'. He believed that nature was a teacher and a source of spiritual comfort, a central theme in his Romantic poetry.
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John Keats is called the 'Poet of Beauty'. His famous line "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" encapsulates his devotion to the aesthetic experience.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem titled "Justice". (Note: While Galsworthy wrote a famous play called Justice, this question specifically asks for the poem, which is attributed to Longfellow in this context).
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Lord Byron is considered the Rebel Poet. His unconventional lifestyle, defiance of social norms, and his literary 'Byronic Hero' archetype embody rebellion.
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Keats is primarily a poet of Beauty. He famously concluded his 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' with "Beauty is truth, truth beauty," signifying his central poetic philosophy.
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The period from 1798 (publication of Lyrical Ballads) to 1830 (roughly the death of major Romantics/start of Victorian era) is known as the Romantic Age.
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William Hazlitt was a famous English Essayist and literary critic. He is considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language.
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William Blake was both a visionary poet and a professional engraver/painter. He created the visual art that accompanied his poems, making him unique in literary history.