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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, as a dashing figure in 1840.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Biography

The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Birth and parents Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), an English poet and philosopher, was born on the 21st of October 1772, at his father’s vicarage of Ottery St Mary’s, Devonshire....

The Brontë sisters portrait by Bromwell Brontë

Brontë Resources Index

The Brontë sisters read widely, wrote passionately, and created enduring works drawn from their surroundings and imagination. Explore their writings and their world through the resources below. Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë Brontë Sisters Context...

Introduction to Romanticism in art; Caspar David Friederich.

Introduction to Romanticism from Lilia Melani

Introduction to Romanticism by the English Department at Brooklyn College, courtesy of Dr. Lilia Melani Romanticism has very little to do with things popularly thought of as “romantic,” although love may occasionally be the...

Level E4 Resource Updates

British Literature Updates Due to the ever-changing nature of the Internet, online resources sometimes move unexpectedly to new addresses. Here are the most recent updates for Level 4: British Literature. Remember, you can always type...

Wuthering Heights 1939 movie trailer

The Academy-award nominated 1939 movie of Wuthering Heights, starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon, is a well-done black-and-white classic (despite the color photo on the cover of the DVD). The film includes characters and events...

Emily Brontë, the author of Wuthering Heights and "No Coward Soul is Mine."

No Coward Soul is Mine by Emily Brontë

“No Coward Soul is Mine” by Emily Bronte was first published in Poems of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell in 1846. Although the Bronte sisters had published this poetry collection in the hope of...

Lord Byron rose above a difficult childhood to become a successful poet.

Lord Byron Poetry

George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) was a Romantic writer who lead a dramatic life filled with passion, poetry, praise, and pitfalls. He traveled widely, wrote with intense emotion, and became famous after the publication...