Introduction to Keats and Shelley? What are their main achievements?

John keats (1795- 182 1) is an important English romantic poet in the19th century, which is as famous as Shelley and Byron. His poetry perfectly embodies the characteristics of western romantic poetry and is regarded as an outstanding representative of European romantic movement. The period from 18 18 to 1820 is the heyday of Keats' poetry creation. He successively completed the famous long poems Isabella, The Night Before the Holy Festival and Xu Peilian, and other famous works such as Ode to a Nightingale, Ode to an Ancient Greek Urn and Ode to Autumn were also written during this period. Introduction to Shelley

1792 was born in an ancient aristocratic family on August 4th.

18 1 1 was expelled from Oxford University for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.

18 12 went to Ireland to support the people's struggle, gave a speech and distributed the booklet "To the Irish People".

18 13 published the first long poem "Fairy Queen Maibu", criticizing autocratic feudal rule and propagating his utopian socialist ideal, which was persecuted by the ruling class.

18 14 was forced to go abroad, went to Italy and Switzerland, and became intimate with Byron.

18 17 Shelley was the most creative before and after he settled in Italy. The long poem "Islamic Uprising" created the images of revolutionaries Leon and Sisna.

18 18 British courts cruelly deprived Shelley of his right to education for children born to his ex-wife. Shelley was forced to leave England forever and settle in Italy, but he still paid close attention to the political situation of his motherland.

18 19, he created a poetic historical tragedy "Chyi Chin Family" and a famous long poem "Prometheus Liberated", which made a new treatment of ancient Greek mythology. The ranks of tyranny criticized the government for suppressing the people who demanded the abolition of corn laws; He is also the author of Song for the English, England 18 19 and Ode to a Freedom Advocate. Shelley's famous poem "ode to the west wind" takes the west wind sweeping away leaves as a symbol of revolutionary forces sweeping away reactionary rule, expressing his revolutionary optimism about the future.

1822 wrote a lot of beautiful lyric poems, such as Cloud, To Lark, To Moon, Elegy, etc. The last work is the lyric drama Greece, dedicated to the Greek people who opposed Turkish rule.

182 1 wrote a long article "the defense of poetry", which discussed the social function of the poet and the educational function of poetry.