Coleridge, Shelley, Goethe (1880). By: George H. Calvert (January 2, 1803 – May 24, 1889).: Samuel Taylor Coleridge,Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe And Percy Bysshe Shelley

George Henry Calvert (January 2, 1803 - May 24, 1889) was an American editor, essayist, dramatist, poet, and biographer.He was the Chair of Moral Philosophy at the newly established College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Baltimore, and in 1854 he served as Mayor of Newport, Rhode Island.Calvert was born January 2, 1803 in Baltimore, Maryland.[3] His mother, Rosalie Eugenia Stier (1778-1821), was the daughter of a wealthy Belgian aristocrat, Baron Henri Joseph Stier (1743-1821) and his wife Marie Louise Peeters. His father, George Calvert (1768-1838), was the son of Benedict Swingate Calvert - a natural son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore - and his wife Elizabeth Calvert (1731-1788). George Calvert was the Calverts' eldest son. He grew up in Maryland, graduated from Harvard College in 1823, and studied in Germany where in March 1825 he met the poet Goethe.Returning to Baltimore, he edited the Baltimore American. In 1840 he made another trip to Europe, meeting William Wordsworth, . In 1843 Calvert moved to Newport, Rhode Island..... Percy Bysshe Shelley (4 August 1792 - 8 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets, and is regarded by some as among the finest lyric poets in the English language, and one of the most influential. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not see fame during his lifetime, but recognition for his poetry grew steadily following his death. Shelley was a key member of a close circle of visionary poets and writers that included Lord Byron, Leigh Hunt, Thomas Love Peacock, and his own second wife, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 28 August 1749 - 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His works include epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist..... Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( 21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria. His critical work, especially on William Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking culture. Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases, including suspension of disbelief. He was a major influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson and American transcendentalism....

• | Author: George H. Calvert
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: May 21, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 88 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1546830065
• | ISBN-13: 9781546830061