Wordsworth and Romanticism

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The 2017 Wordsworth birthday poetry competition

If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you’ll remember we ran a poetry competition for Wordsworth’s birthday last…

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Contemporary creative responses Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

‘Homes at Grasmere’: The inspiration behind a new play about William Wordsworth

by David Ward If you are going to stage a play about Wordsworth, it has to be in the Lake…

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge The intellectual context of Romanticism William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

'Flashes upon the inward eye’ : Wordsworth, Coleridge and ‘Flashing Flowers’

by Fred Blick Few readers will be aware of the ‘Elizabeth Linnaeus phenomenon’ today; yet over a span of almost…

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Lord Byron Wordsworth and Romanticism

'The more I study, the more insatiable do I feel my genius for it to be'’: Ada Lovelace and her mother Annabella Byron

by Eleanor Fitzsimons ‘Never was a bridegroom less in haste’. This worrisome observation was noted down by politician and diarist…

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John Keats Wordsworth and Romanticism

Keats – Strength in beauty: an interview with Nicholas Roe

An interview with Wordsworth Trust trustee, Nicholas Roe, adapted from material by Helen Tope Few writers have a more enduring…

scratch20th January 2017

William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Anne Finch: A Pre-Romantic?

by Tess Somervell At Christmas, 1819, William Wordsworth presented to Lady Mary Lowther, the thirty-four-year-old daughter of his patron, an…

scratch6th January 2017

Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Romantic readings: 'To My Sister', by William Wordsworth

by Eavan Boland I've always believed there are certain pieces of writing which are magic doors in locked houses. Just…

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Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

Shelley in the 21st century

by Graham Henderson Most writing on Shelley seems frustratingly designed for scholarly audiences and much of it is almost unreadable…

scratch10th December 2016

Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

Shelley in London: Poland Street

by Anna Mercer Soho is my favourite part of London. I love walking from Oxford Circus to Leicester Square, dipping…

scratch1st December 2016

William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Romantic readings: Wordsworth's 'The Rainbow'

by Fred Blick Wordsworth does not have a reputation for punning, as do Shakespeare and Charles Lamb; but it is…

scratch18th November 2016

The 2017 Wordsworth birthday poetry competition

‘Homes at Grasmere’: The inspiration behind a new play about William Wordsworth

'Flashes upon the inward eye’ : Wordsworth, Coleridge and ‘Flashing Flowers’

'The more I study, the more insatiable do I feel my genius for it to be'’: Ada Lovelace and her mother Annabella Byron

Keats – Strength in beauty: an interview with Nicholas Roe

Anne Finch: A Pre-Romantic?

Romantic readings: 'To My Sister', by William Wordsworth

Shelley in the 21st century

Shelley in London: Poland Street

Romantic readings: Wordsworth's 'The Rainbow'

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