William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth is a seminal 20th century English poet. His poetic experiment helped to create a new tradition in poetry. It is believed that the Lyrical Ballads, which he published in collaboration with S.T. Coleridge, marked the beginning of English Romanticism. Wordsworth's poetry is noted for its vivid descriptions of nature revealing the delight and comfort he enjoyed from the beauties of nature.

William Wordsworth was born at Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the Lake District of northwestern England on April 7, 1770 and died on April 28, 1850.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) is a prominent 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is chiefly noted for his treatment of sin, punishment, and salvation through allegorical settings. Most of his major works are engendered by a sense of guilt about the erroneous activity by his ancestors in the notorious Salem Witch Trials in 1962. Although, he wrote during the golden age of transcendentalism, Hawthorne was completely anti-transcendentalist by temperament.

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