Profiles Index

William Butler Yeats
A reference page on mystical/historical Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), a towering figure in 20th century literature in English, master of traditional verse forms and at the same time idol of the modernist poets who followed him.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A reference page on Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861), British Romantic poet of the Victorian era, best known for her Sonnets from the Portuguese, love poems written for her husband Robert Browning, with whom she eloped to Italy at the age of 40.

Emily Dickinson
A reference page on Emily Dickinson, reclusive 19th century poet who became known as the 'Belle of Amherst' and an iconic influence on American poetry after the posthumous publication of her work.

Edgar Allan Poe
A reference page on Edgar Allan Poe, American Romantic poet, balladeer, journalist and inventor of the modern detective story and horror tale.

Walt Whitman
A reference page on Walt Whitman, quintessential American poet who sang of individual freedom, democracy & the brotherhood of man in the many editions of his compendious masterpiece, Leaves of Grass.

William Wordsworth
A reference page on British Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850), whose theory of poetry began the Romantic movement in English poetry at the end of the 18th century, and whose poems immortalize the sublime landscapes of his beloved Lake District.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A reference page on Gothic/Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834), with Wordsworth a founder of the Romantic movement in poetry, noted critic and philosopher whose influence can be seen in many succeeding generations of poets.