term paper help.

[prettyfacades]

i'm writing a term paper with the thesis statement: At the heart of Romanticism lies the idea that poets are set apart from the everyday as reflected in the works of Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron.


i need idea on which poems by these two poets support my thesis. thanks.

[srpbritlit]

I like your thesis, however I believe it would be more incisive, probing, and clearer if you state in your thesis how and why poets are set apart from the everyday and how that is a key idea in Romanticism. By Lord Byron I recommend Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan as exemplary works of the Romantic period to assist you in arguing your thesis. I also recommend Prometheus Unbound by Percy Shelley, however I am unfamiliar with his other major works. Also, take a look at Jean Jacques Rousseau's philosophies during the Romantic period and the Enlightenment (late 18th/early 19th century??), Immanuel Kant's philosophies, Ralph Waldo Emerson's work, and perhaps Harold Bloom's contemporary literary criticisms of Romanticism. I hope this helps and good luck with your paper.

[prettyfacades]

I like your thesis, however I believe it would be more incisive, probing, and clearer if you state in your thesis how and why poets are set apart from the everyday and how that is a key idea in Romanticism. By Lord Byron I recommend Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan as exemplary works of the Romantic period to assist you in arguing your thesis. I also recommend Prometheus Unbound by Percy Shelley, however I am unfamiliar with his other major works. Also, take a look at Jean Jacques Rousseau's philosophies during the Romantic period and the Enlightenment (late 18th/early 19th century??), Immanuel Kant's philosophies, Ralph Waldo Emerson's work, and perhaps Harold Bloom's contemporary literary criticisms of Romanticism. I hope this helps and good luck with your paper.


thanks so much! :D

[quasimodo1]

To prettyfascades: The "Jar..." poem is sometimes seen as Wallace examining his own writing or art in general, thus the jar becomes a metaphor and is alien to the nature surrouding it. Try this link for another view. anothhttp://academic.regis.edu/jkarpins/Writings%20for%20Hu201%20Fall2000/restrictive_nature_of_art.