Study Questions for Reading Response
Dr. Ramirez
Authors: Shelley, Byron, Said


1) How do Biblical allusions and poetry relate in Byron's work? Look specifically at "Jephtha's Daughter," and "From the Last Hill that Looks on thy Once Holy Dome. . ." etc.

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.