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Book review: 'William Wordsworth: A Life', by Stephen Gill

by Chris Townsend 250 years have passed since Wordsworth’s birth, and 31 years since the publication of Stephen Gill’s…

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William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Wordsworth and Solitude

by Stephen Gill When I first got to know Wordsworth's poetry single lines enchanted me without my quite knowing why.…

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'Keatswatch' – a natural history game

by Gareth Evans Let's play a short game. Imagine you are sitting silently in a darkened room waiting for a…

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Dramatisations and fictionalisations Mary Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

'Defiant and passionate': a new production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

by Andrew Weltch Compared to the film adaptations, stage versions of Frankenstein are surprisingly rare, despite a near-90-year head-start. Or…

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Wordsworth, Coleridge, and the power of perception

by Connor James While discussing “fluxes… of the mind” in his Preface to the 1802 edition of Lyrical Ballads,…

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge Wordsworth and Romanticism

Did Coleridge have Lupus?

by Bethany Askew Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, SLE or Lupus is a chronic, inflammatory, variable autoimmune disease of connective tissue,…

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Claire Clairmont Dramatisations and fictionalisations Film reviews Lord Byron Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

Five go mad at the Villa Diodati: Ken Russell’s ‘Gothic’

by Andrew Weltch The creation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a fascinating tale in its own right. In the summer…

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An Afternoon with Dorothy Wordsworth

by Hannah Britton On the afternoon of 18th May, Senior Hospice Nurse Lilian Simmonds addressed a group gathered opposite Dove…

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The intellectual context of Romanticism

'Wild and Majestic': Romantic visions of Scotland

Oh for the crags that are wild and majestic, The steep frowning glories of dark Lochnagar …

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John Keats

Keats’s verse sentences in ‘Endymion’

by Chris Townsend A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. Beauty, though, is a difficult thing to…

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Book review: 'William Wordsworth: A Life', by Stephen Gill

Wordsworth and Solitude

'Keatswatch' – a natural history game

'Defiant and passionate': a new production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Wordsworth, Coleridge, and the power of perception

Did Coleridge have Lupus?

Five go mad at the Villa Diodati: Ken Russell’s ‘Gothic’

An Afternoon with Dorothy Wordsworth

'Wild and Majestic': Romantic visions of Scotland

Keats’s verse sentences in ‘Endymion’

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