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Daniel Defoe: 1660-1731 Son of James and Mary Foe, a merchant family committed to Puritanism (Presbyterians) Sound education at Morton’s Academy. Only Anglicans could graduate from Oxford or Cambridge. 1684: Marries Mary Tuffley, an heiress with 3,700 a year. Fought briefly in the Duke of Monmouth’s rebellion against James II. Bankruptcy and debt turned him towards writing. 1701: writes “The True Born Englishman” 1703: Pilloried for writing “The Shortest Way with Dissenters.” Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe 1719: First volume of Robinson Crusoe. A hit with lower and middle classes. Based on the experience of Alexander Selkirk. 1722: Moll Flanders. A novel that draws on his own experience in Newgate prison. Crusoe: 1810 edition William Shakespeare1564-1616 Born in Stratford The 3rd of 8 kids Married at age 18 (his wife was 26) Worked as an actor By 1594 at least 6 plays had been published The Globe Theater 1599 The New Globe Theater 1999 Comedies The Taming of the Shrew Much Ado About Nothing As You Like I Twelfth Night Midsummer Night’s Dream Tragedies Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Othello King Lear Macbeth The Age of Romanticism1750-1850 This cultural era is a continuation of, overlaps with, the Enlightenment. Its characteristics include: Romantic love Liberalism and freedom An upsurge of nationalism patriotism Sympathy for the poor less fortunate. An appreciation of nature A fascination with horror Romantic Artists John Constable J.M.W. Turner Eugene Delacroix J.F.Goya A Romantic Painting by John Constable Romantic Musicians Wolfgang Sebastian Bach Ludwig von Beethoven “immortal beloved” Johan Brahms; Frederic Chopin Franz List; Peter Tchaikovsky Franz Schubert; Richard Wagner Guiseppi Verdi Wolfgang Sebastian BachGerman composer organist Ludwig von BeethovenGreat composer of symphonies Romantic Historians Georg Hegel - Communism Jules Michelet - Idealization of French history George Bancroft - Divine Providence for USA T