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A Defence of Poetry is an essay written by English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1821. Composed in Italy, the work was a response to an essay by his friend Thomas Love Peacock that had criticized the value of poetry. In his defence, Shelley argues that poetry is a catalyst for moral imaginat...
The Hay Wain is an 1821 oil painting by the English landscape artist John Constable. It depicts a wooden wagon crossing a shallow stretch of the River Stour near Flatford Mill, with the rural scenery of Suffolk and Essex arranged around Willy Lott's cottage. The painting was initially exhibited unde...
Carl Maria von Weber’s *Der Freischütz* premiered in 1821 and is a significant work within the early Romantic period. This German opera explores themes of supernatural bargains and redemption through music. It's notable as one of the first operas to utilize German language predominantly, laying grou...
