2) What does Shelley mean when he
says that "Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world?"
3) Who said "Poetry lifts the veil
from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if
they were not familiar; it reproduces all that it represents, and the impersonations
clothed in its Elysian light stand thenceforward in the mind of those who
have once contemplated them, as memorials of that gentle and exalted content
which extends itself over all thoughts and actions with which it coexists?
What work does this appear in,
and who was the author addressing?
4) What do the romantics say about
the notion of utility?
5) What does hegemony mean, and
who does Said cite in his discussion?
6) What empires does Said tackle
in his essay?
7) For Said, are Orientalist representations
true and reliable? Why or why not?
8) How does the notion of Orientalism
apply to either Byron or Shelley? Explain why.