English Literature / Unit 13 ENL 1248 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Keats, Shelley and Byron Abroad
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The idea
All three wrote or died abroad. Byron left England in eighteen sixteen for Switzerland, Italy and Greece; the Shelleys wrote most of their major works in Italy; Keats went to Rome to die. Exile, travel and the European scene shape their poetry.
In practice
Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Rome.
Where people slip
Exile is a theme as well as a fact.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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