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An Appreciation of Three Poets of the Younger Generation of Romanticism

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DOI: 10.23977/phij.2025.040112 | Downloads: 4 | Views: 181

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Yang Yongqing 1

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1 School of Foreign Languages, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China

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Yang Yongqing

ABSTRACT

As the main period in British literature, romanticism plays a very important role. The aims of romanticism are to protest against the bandages of rule and custom, to return to nature and to plain humanity, to emphasize the eternal ideals of youth and to appeal to the human heart. This period is an age of poetry, and in this essay, the author would like to talk about three famous poets Byron, Keats, and Shelley who are the representatives of The Younger Generation of Romanticism and their variety of forms, style will be appreciated also.
 

KEYWORDS

Romanticism, Poetry, Byron, Keats, Shelley

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Yang Yongqing, An Appreciation of Three Poets of the Younger Generation of Romanticism. Philosophy Journal (2025) Vol. 4: 79-85. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/phij.2025.040112.

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