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William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Romantic portraits: William Wordsworth by Henry William Pickersgill

by Tim Moreton As a portrait of an extremely respected public figure by a well established contemporary portrait painter, this…

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William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Psychology and mental disorder in Wordsworth's poetry

By Jonathan Kerr In 1800, William Wordsworth offers a bold and, at the time, deeply controversial claim about poetry. In…

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge Wordsworth and Romanticism

Coleridge and Spring

By Seamus Perry I frequently think: what was Coleridge doing at this time of the year? And his private notebooks…

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Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

Harriet Shelley

By Eleanor Fitzsimons On Thursday, December 12, 1816, a short but intriguing report was carried on page two of The…

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Wordsworth and Romanticism

Ode to Football

A tongue in cheek post, by Sarah Doyle It’s not uncommon for those who love football to talk about ‘the…

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Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Getting to know Dorothy Wordsworth

By Pamela Woof Dorothy Wordsworth was a poet’s sister but she only became truly aware of the significance of that…

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William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

William Wordsworth

By Professor Stephen Gill Towards the end of the nineteenth century a group of devotees decided to save the cottage…

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Claire Clairmont

Claire Clairmont Mary Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

Claire Clairmont: On her letters and journals

By Lesley McDowell "I have just got your amusing letter (no one writes such good letters as you do)...I have…

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Claire Clairmont Lord Byron Wordsworth and Romanticism

'What Exile from himself can flee?': Byron and the price of exile

by Andrew McConnell Stott For one who identified so strongly with the bitterness and imagery of exile - of being…

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Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

Percy Bysshe Shelley and revolutionary Ireland

By Sinéad Fitzgibbon Ireland at the turn of the 19th century was a country in a state of flux. Tensions…

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