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Frankenstein in Hollywood Dramatisations and fictionalisationsMary ShelleyWordsworth and Romanticism

Frankenstein in Hollywood

by Barry Forshaw ‘It’s alive! It’s alive!’ gasps the English actor Colin Clive, working himself into a paroxysm over the…
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Wordsworth's manuscripts: The Curator's role The CollectionThe Wordsworth Trust

Wordsworth's manuscripts: The Curator's role

A personal viewpoint by Jeff Cowton MBE What does it mean to 'better know' the poetry and prose of William…
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Romantic Readings: 'The Cloud' by Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe ShelleyWordsworth and Romanticism

Romantic Readings: 'The Cloud' by Percy Bysshe Shelley

by Sarah Doyle Let’s be honest.  In our weather-obsessed culture, clouds have a fairly poor reputation, both meteorologically and metaphorically. …
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Walking with Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Walking with Wordsworth

By Ian Hamilton It’s sometimes difficult to see past Wordsworth when you consider the relationship between landscape and literature. Other…
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Book review: A Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd Book reviewsWordsworth and Romanticism

Book review: A Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd

This book is now being republished as 'The Frankenstein Monster' Reviewed by Pam Norfolk He was one of England’s great…
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Romantic readings: ‘When I have fears’ by John Keats John KeatsWordsworth and Romanticism

Romantic readings: ‘When I have fears’ by John Keats

by Suzie Grogan John Keats has always been ‘my’ poet.  I bought my first Collected Poems as a twelve-year-old in…
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Romantic portraits: William Wordsworth by Henry William Pickersgill William WordsworthWordsworth 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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Psychology and mental disorder in Wordsworth's poetry William WordsworthWordsworth 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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Book review: Unfashioned Creatures by Lesley McDowell Book reviews

Book review: Unfashioned Creatures by Lesley McDowell

Review by Pam Norfolk ‘Love is merely a madness,’ wrote Shakespeare but it was the poets and writers of the…
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Coleridge and Spring Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWordsworth 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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