英国文学史资料British Writers and Works
V The Romantic Period
The romantic period began in 1798 the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s , and end in 1832 with Sir Walter Scott’s death.
Romanticism:It emphasize the specialqualitie of each individual’s mind.(人
应该是独立自由的个体)
In it, emotion over reason, spontaneous emotion, a change
from the outer world of social civilization to the inner world of
the human spirit, poetry should be free from all rules,
imagination, nature, commonplace.
Two major novelists of the Romantic period are Jane Austen (realistic) and Walter Scott (romantic).
“The Lake Poets”湖畔诗人，who lived in the lake district.
William Wordsworth; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Robert Southey
1. William Wordsworth威廉•华兹华斯1770~1850
（与柯尔律治、骚塞同被称为“湖畔派”诗人。The Lake Poets）
① 抒情歌谣集(with Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
②
Theme:1.Nature embodies human beings in their diverse
circumstance. It is nature that give him “strength and
knowledge fullof peace”
2.It is bliss to recolled the beauty of nature in poet mind
while he is in solitude.
Comment:The poet is very cheerful with recalling the beautiful
sights. In the poem on the beauty of nature, the
reader is presented a vivid picture of lively and
lovely daffodils(水仙) and poet’s philosophical
ideas and mystical thoughts.
③Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
④The Solitary Reaper孤独的割麦女
② 序曲
2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge塞缪尔•泰勒•科尔律治1772~1834
The Lake Poets
① 古舟子颂
② 柯里斯塔贝尔
③ 忽必烈汗
Artistic features: mysticism, demonism with strong imagination,
a strange territory
④ 半夜冰霜
⑤ 忧郁颂
⑥ 抒情歌谣集(with William Wordsworth)
3. George Gordon Byron乔治•戈登•拜伦1788~1824
（拜伦式英雄Byronic heroes孤傲、狂热、浪漫，却充满了反抗精神。内心充满了孤独与苦闷，却又蔑视群小。恰尔德·哈罗德是拜伦诗歌中第一个“拜伦式英雄”。）
“Byronic hero”is a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin, against tyrannical rules or moral principles.
① 唐•璜
恰尔德•哈罗德尔游记
该隐
② 当初我们俩分别
4. Persy Bysshe Shelley波西•比希•雪莱1792~1822
①Poetic Drama：解放了的普罗米修斯
Theme: the drama celebraies man’s victory over tyranny and
oppression
②麦布女王
伊斯兰的反叛
钦契一家
诗辩
无神论的必要性
③Lyrics:
西风颂
Theme: The author express his eagerness to enjoy the boundless
freedom from the reality. Compare the west wind to
destroyer of the old who drives the last signs of life from
the trees, and preserver of the new who scatter the seads
shich sill come to life in the spring.This is a poem about
renewal, about the wind blowing life back into dead things,
implying not just an arc of life (which would end at death) but a
cycle, which only starts again when something dies.
Comment: Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind" is written in
iambic pentameter. It contains five sonnet length stanzas, each
with a closing couplet. The rhyming scheme form is aba bcb cdc
ded ee. The tone is poignant. Many will agree that this poem is an
invocation for an unseen force to take control and revive life.
Artistic features:
Using rerza rima(三行诗aba bcb cdc ded efe …)
致云雀
5. John Keats约翰•济慈1795~1821
(“美即是真，真即是美”是他的著名诗句。)
①Four great odes: 希腊古瓮颂
