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Lake Poets in the history of English

literature

英国文学史上的湖畔诗人

院（系）名称外国语学院

专业名称英语

学生姓名程路佳

学生学号1201200127

课程教师刘鹏飞

2015年12 月23日

Lake Poets in the history of English literature

Auther:Cheng Lujia

Tutor:Liu Pengfei

Abstract

The Lake Poets or Lake School was a group of English poets: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, and William Wordsworth. They lived in the “lake district” in northwestern England. This group was part of the romantic movement of the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. They were inspired by the French revolution and the English Industrial Revolution. They made bold experiments on poetry writing, no matter no poetry language seeking or subjects. Wordsworth was regarded as “worshipper of nature”. Coleridge was not only a poet but also a critic. While Southey pay more his attention to his democratic community in America known as “Pant isocracy”.

Key words: The Romantic Period, Nature, Super nature, Imagination, Innovation, Simple language, Inner world, Spirit, Common life, Democratic, Pant isocracy

英国文学史上的湖畔诗人

摘要

湖畔诗人就是一组英国诗人，Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, and William words worth.他们居住在英格兰东北的“湖区”是18世纪至19世纪时期浪漫主义运动的一部分。受到法国大革命和英国工业革命的影响，他们在诗歌创作方面做了大胆的改革，无论是在诗语言还是主题的选择上都有独到的见解。William words worth被人誉为自然的膜拜者。Samuel Taylor Coleridge不但是著名的诗人，也是一流的文学批评家。然而,Robert Southey却更为将精力注意到人人平等的大同社会上来。

关键词：浪漫主义时期，自然，超自然，想象，改革，简化语言，内在世界，精神实质，平民生活，民主，大同社会

Lake Poets in the history of English

literature

The English romanticism as a historical phrase of literature is generally said to have began in 1798 and ended in1832.however, at this great period, there are three great poets who cannot be ignored, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, and William Words worth.

These three poets are known as the “Lake Poets”, because they once settled at Dove Cottage in Cashmere, Westmoreland, and the loveliest spot in the English Lake District.

The Lake Poets play a transitional role between old and new styles in the poetry development in literature history especially in the English history. In their works we see the influence from both the past and the modern.

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During the romantic period, there have been great changes in both European society and economy, which were actually provoked by two important revolutions, the French revolution and the English industrial revolution. And as a result, some of the great imaginative writings in the romantic period sprang from the confrontation of radicals and conservatives at the close of the 18th century. While “the lake poets “choose nature, imagination as their poetic subjects, other great poets, such as George garden Byron, showed a lasting contempt for what he considered the commonplace and vulgarity of the “lake poets”. Because they think the “lake poets”, to some extent, are too conservation in their period.

The other key element for the exiting of the “lake poets” is the cruel economic exploitation. As a consequence of the English industrial revolution, the European society emerged a new labor class. Though the social wealth had been increased by several times, it was only the rich who owned this wealth. The majority of the people were still poor, or even poorer. The romantics with the “lake poets” as a leader saw both the corruption of the feudal societies and the exploitation in modern capitalist society. Under such condition, the “lake poets”emphasized the special qualities of