Just like the Hippies of the 1960s, the authors of the Romantic Era rebelled against society in politics, reason, judgment, and the arts, and attempted to live in an ideal world with freedom of thought. imagination, thinking and beliefs. Having been shaped by numerous revelations, battles, and the grip of numerous tyrants, nineteenth-century writers valued the individual, emotions, imagination, freedom from social rules, and sovereignty from the filthy slums called cities. Romantic era authors such as Lord Byron and the Shelleys are similar to hippies through their artistic productions and political beliefs. George Gordon Byron, commonly known as Lord Byron, was a well-known English poet of the Romantic era who came from a hellish family and with a similar attitude shocks the close-knit society of the early nineteenth century with his political views and personal actions. Byron's best-known works are the narrative poems, Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, the literary work that brought Byron his "instant fame". After almost two hundred years, he is still considered one of the greatest and most read poets. He was often described as extravagant and crazy due to the scandalous way he lived his life. He was widely known for his numerous love affairs with young lovers of both sexes, a rumored affair with his half-sister, and exile from British society. Lord Byron was also recognized for joining the Greek War of Independence, fighting the tyrants of the Ottoman Empire, for which he was later named a National Hero by the Greeks. His mock epic, Don Juan, Byron openly mocks the writing rules of the epic poetry format, the epic hero, and the lifestyle and social rules of the nineteenth century. But...... middle of paper ...... novelist Ken Kesey, spokesperson for the movement, were some of the many faces who used songs and literary works to "stick it to the man!" Rebellious youth often held public gatherings, part music festival, part protest demonstration to celebrate lifestyles, and were an important part of how hippies expressed their disapproval; the best-known celebration was a three-day music festival known today as Woodstock and which became synonymous with the movement itself. Works Cited The editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica. “Hippie (subculture).” Encyclopedia Britannica online. Encyclopedia Britannica, December 29, 2013. Web. April 13, 2014. "George Gordon Noel Byron." 2014. The Biography.com website. April 7, 2014“Percy Bysshe Shelley.” 2014. The Biography.com website. April 8, 2014Filp, Mark. "William Godwin." Stanford University. Stanford University, January 16, 2000. Web. April 8. 2014.