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Category: Romanticism

Romantic Inspiration

7 January 2022
poetry, prose, Romanticism
daffodils

You may be familiar with this poem, at least by reputation:  I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on […]

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Wuthering to New Heights

22 October 2021
drama, prose, Romanticism

Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is an extraordinary novel. Published when its author was 29 years old, it has become the […]

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Poetry’s Essential Communication

11 June 2021
literary prizes, poetry, Romanticism

Some more poetry thoughts this week, as the Forward Foundation has announced its shortlist for the Forward Prize. On the […]

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Questions About Humanity: Keats and Ishiguro

26 February 2021
literary prizes, poetry, prose, Romanticism

Initially, there might not seem to be a great deal of common ground between the archetypal young Romantic poet, John […]

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Romantics and Diversity in the Booker

25 September 2020
literary prizes, poetry, Romanticism

I don’t know if any of you have seen Simon Schama’s series on the Romantics, but if you haven’t, you […]

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William Blake

20 September 2019
poetry, Romanticism

The focus in this post is  a single writer, and artist, and takes us beyond literature. I’ll start with the […]

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