Claire Clairmont

Claire Clairmont Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

Shelley, Amelia Curran, and the portrait of Beatrice Cenci

by Ian Reynolds The Irish painter Amelia Curran (1775-1847) is best known for the painting of Percy Bysshe Shelley which…

Lynn Shepherd22nd March 2024

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…

scratch23rd August 2019

Claire Clairmont Film reviews Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

Film reviews: Mary Shelley, directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour

by Michael Johnstone A chief aim of Haifaa Al-Mansour’s Mary Shelley is established in the film’s opening shot: a young…

scratch23rd July 2018

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

Fictionalising 1816: The death of Harriet Shelley

by Lynn Shepherd The Shelleys and their circle have inspired hundreds of books, plays and films over the last two…

scratch9th November 2016

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…

scratch9th October 2016

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…

scratch8th September 2016

Claire Clairmont Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

Percy Bysshe Shelley: 'Atheist. Lover of Humanity. Democrat'

by Graham Henderson This is how how Shelley described himself, during a visit to Chamonix and Mont Blanc in mid…

scratch25th July 2016

Claire Clairmont Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

In the footsteps of the Shelleys: Italy

by Anna Mercer In September 2015 I spent four nights in the bay of Lerici. This visit was my first…

scratch27th May 2016

Claire Clairmont Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism