English Literature: Understanding Shakespeare
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Lives and Works of the English Romantic Poets
Lives and Works of the English Romantic Poets
With dazzling technique and beautiful language, the verse of English romantic poets continues to endure well over 100 years since it first appeared. This course provides you with tools to better understand and enjoy scores of the greatest poems ever written, including the works of six of the English Romantic Era’s greatest: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, and Byron.
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