TITLE:
Greek Mythology in 18th-to-19th English Romantic Poetry
AUTHORS:
Yujie Su
KEYWORDS:
British Romantic Poetry, Greek Mythology, Romantic Hellenism
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.3 No.8,
August
8,
2016
ABSTRACT: In the 18th and 19th century of English literature,
there were two generations of English Romantic poetry in Britain, who have
produced great influences on the literature world. Those romantic poets were inspired
more or less by the French Revolution, and advocated to the people to pursue
beauty and inner freedom in nature or art. The most extraordinary features
found in their poems are the abundant Greek and Roman mythological figures. But
two generations of romantic poetry have shown different purposes in employing
the Greek and Roman mythology, which needs further reading and exploration. The
present study centers on the comparison of characters preference in poems
between the two generations and shed light on the critical difference in their
purposes and impacts.