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| Complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. |
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| Mary Woolstonecraft Shelly |
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| (1759-1797)Writer, Philosopher and Feminist. Best known for her "Vindication on the Rights of Women". |
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| (1797-1851) British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer. Best known for "Frankenstein". |
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| (1792–1822) Major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded among the finest lyric poets in the English language |
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| (1775–1817) English novelist whose works of romantic fiction set among the gentry have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature. Known for "Sense and Sensibility" and "Pride and Prejudice". |
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| (1737-1809) Author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Known for "Rights of Man" and "Common Sense" |
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| (1770–1850) Major English Romantic poet. Known for "The Prelude". |
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| (1772–1834) English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher. Best known for "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" |
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| George Gordon, Lord Byron |
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| (1788–1824) English Poet. Known for"She walks in beauty" and "Don Juan" |
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| (1759–1796) Scottish Poet and lyricist. Best known for "Auld lang Syne" and "Red, Red Rose". |
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| (1771–1832) Scottish historical novelist and poet. Known for "Ivanhoe". |
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| (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer. Best known for "Last Rose of Summer" |
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| (1795–1821) Latest born of the Romantic Poets. Best known for odes and "Bright Star" |
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| Poet who focused primarily on devotional writing and children's poetry, Wrote Goblin's Market and In the Bleak Midwinter. |
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