Percy Bysshe ShelleyWordsworth and Romanticism Shelley at Oxford by Lynn Shepherd Percy Bysshe Shelley was born in 1792, the eldest son of a baronet, though he never lived…Lynn Shepherd4th October 2022
William WordsworthWordsworth and Romanticism Wordsworth’s reading of George Berkeley by Chris Townsend The Irish philosopher George Berkeley was not a contemporary of William Wordsworth — he died in…Lynn Shepherd29th September 2022
John KeatsWilliam WordsworthWordsworth and Romanticism Fingal’s Cave and the Romantics by Fred Blick Fingal’s Cave is on the Scottish island of Staffa. It is 72 feet tall and 270 feet…Lynn Shepherd7th July 2022
Charles LambWilliam WordsworthWordsworth and Romanticism Charles Lamb said ‘what’ to Wordsworth? by Frances Thomas What? Did he really say ‘I don’t much care if I never see a mountain in my…Lynn Shepherd7th June 2022
Lord ByronWordsworth and Romanticism Polidori and the Rossettis by Frances Thomas John William Polidori, the young doctor who was employed by Lord Byron for a brief but crucial…Lynn Shepherd2nd May 2022
Mary WollstonecraftWilliam GodwinWordsworth and Romanticism Looking for Fanny Imlay by Frances Thomas The members of Shelley’s circle are…Lynn Shepherd5th April 2022
Contemporary creative responsesPercy Bysshe ShelleyWordsworth and Romanticism Love, Women, and Guitars: Night Birds Flying in Percy Shelley and Jimi Hendrix by Julian S. Whitney British Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was not unlike the famed rock and roll electric…Lynn Shepherd20th March 2022
John KeatsWordsworth and Romanticism John Keats’s attitude to Clergymen by Leslie Katz © Trustees of the British Museum In the above print dated 30th April 1819, George Cruikshank satirised…Lynn Shepherd10th February 2022
John KeatsWordsworth and Romanticism Isabella after Keats – A potted history by Gareth Evans Like dreams, nothing is insignificant in Pre-Raphaelite paintings. They teem with precisely chosen details: architecture, costumes,…Lynn Shepherd18th January 2022
Charles LambContemporary creative responsesSamuel Taylor ColeridgeWordsworth and Romanticism Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Charles Lamb at Christ’s Hospital A selection of poetry by Adam Neikirk Lives there a Londoner who has not, at some stray hour or…Lynn Shepherd16th September 2021