LIFE: 1795/1821
A Romantic poet of the SECOND GENERATION
-He was born in London
-Medical career abandoned for literary friendship with many Romantic artists
-Life full of troubles:
* unhappy love
* adverse criticism of his works
* illness in his relatives' lives and in his own life
-Died in Rome
THEMES AND STYLE :
-He lived devoting his life to poetry
-Sensory experience is the basis of poetry
-Admiration for the classical Greek art (classical forms, mythology)
-Taste for the Middle Ages (medieval themes and forms)
-Presence of death and sufferings
-Love for BEAUTY --> a poet must search for beauty in nature and man --> Beauty is linked to truth.
-Through his style he tries to express beauty
-Great ability in the use of a melodic and sensuous language and of all the forms of poetry
Testo a cura di Federica Lanzi (a.sc.: 2000/2001)