Juliusz Słowacki was born on 4 September 1809 in Krzemieniec, in Volhynia, a town then located within the Russian Empire and now known as Kremenets in Ukraine. He died in Paris on 3 April 1849, not yet forty years old, but by then he had produced a body of poetry and drama of extraordinary range, daring, and linguistic power. Together with Adam Mickiewicz and Zygmunt Krasiński, he stands among the central figures of…
“Greece, full of wonderful ruins, pleased me greatly and astonished me more than Rome. Egypt has erased Greece from my memory.”
Neighbourhood:
Dramatic Poets, Love Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Political Poets, Romantic Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sorrow, Spirituality
Robert Southey was born in Bristol on 12 August 1774 and died at Greta Hall, near Keswick in the Lake District, on 21 March 1843. During his lifetime he was among the most visible men of letters in Britain: a poet, historian, biographer, reviewer, editor, translator, political commentator, children’s writer, and, from 1813 until his death, Poet Laureate. Yet posterity has treated him unevenly. He is often remembered…
“I would tread in the beaten road rather than get among thorns by turning out of it; but the beaten road will not take me where I want to go.”
Neighbourhood:
Hymn Writers, Nature Poets, Political Poets, Romantic Poets
Emotional landscape: Sorrow, Irony, Wonder
