Lord Byron

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Claire Clairmont Dramatisations and fictionalisations Lord Byron Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley William Godwin Wordsworth and Romanticism

Fictionalising 1816: The suicide of Fanny Imlay

by Lynn Shepherd I write literary mysteries. Taking the classic literature of the 19th century as the inspiration for new…

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Claire Clairmont Lord Byron Mary Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

Byron and his women: Mad, bad and very dangerous to know

by Alexander Larman In the (mercifully) final season of Downton Abbey, the Earl of Grantham, played with wooden heartiness by…

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John Keats Lord Byron Percy Bysshe Shelley Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Blake William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Diets of the Romantic poets

by Andrew McConnell Stott Cartoon by Mike Barfield The most notable meal in the history of English Romantic poetry took…

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Lord Byron Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

Review: The Frankenstein exhibition in Geneva

by Anna Mercer In June 2016 I spent five days in Geneva and south east France, travelling in the footsteps…

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Lord Byron Wordsworth and Romanticism

Death, disaster, and the ‘End of Days’: 'Darkness', by Lord Byron

by Allen Ashley Later years and a deeper and wider reading of their work have shown me that the Romantics…

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Lord Byron Wordsworth and Romanticism

Romantic readings: Childe Harold, by Lord Byron

by Francesca Blanch Serrat Lord Byron left England in April 1816 after he and his wife Annabella Milbanke had begun…

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Lord Byron Wordsworth and Romanticism

Boxing with Byron

by David Snowdon To day I have been very sulky – but an hour’s exercise with Mr. Jackson of pugilistic…

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John Keats Lord Byron Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

The romance of the Romantics

by Carl Rollyson In graduate school at the University of Toronto I had the splendid opportunity to study with Kathleen…

scratch30th November 2015

Lord Byron Wordsworth and Romanticism

Bears, badgers and Boatswain: Lord Byron and his animals

By Tiffany Francis I remember discussing Byron with my fellow undergrads in the Students’ Union one morning; we were immersed…

scratch21st April 2015

Lord Byron Mary Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

The 'Last Man on Earth' in Romantic literature

by Catherine Redford One glorious summer’s day in 1816, Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley stood together on the shores…

scratch6th November 2014

Fictionalising 1816: The suicide of Fanny Imlay

Byron and his women: Mad, bad and very dangerous to know

Diets of the Romantic poets

Review: The Frankenstein exhibition in Geneva

Death, disaster, and the ‘End of Days’: 'Darkness', by Lord Byron

Romantic readings: Childe Harold, by Lord Byron

Boxing with Byron

The romance of the Romantics

Bears, badgers and Boatswain: Lord Byron and his animals

The 'Last Man on Earth' in Romantic literature

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