#romanticism — Public Fediverse posts

On this day, Hannah More (1745-1833) and John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) died this day.

Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/

#poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

From 2024: Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman examines the representation of English & Scottish national stereotypes in the novels of Scottish authors Susan Ferrier, Mary Brunton, & Elizabeth Hamilton

From the Reading Scotland project at the University of Mainz

10/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_OKYRVugZs

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #MaryBrunton #ElizabethHamilton

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 is, then, a novel concerned with questions of morality & education, but also national identity, the differences between Scottish & English cultures…It is also very funny”

—Books & Borrowing, 1750–1830 on Susan Ferrier’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦

9/10

https://borrowing.stir.ac.uk/forgotten-best-sellers-susan-ferriers-the-inheritance-1824/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #nationalidentity #Scottishidentity #Britishidentity #humour

“Miss Ferrier avowedly made thumb-nail sketches,—as is proved in one of the few surviving letters to or from her,—out of which grew the merciless caricatures that created her fame”

—an 1893 article in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 contrasting Sussan Ferrier & Jane Austen

8/10

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1893/06/miss-austen-and-miss-ferrier/529989/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten

“Miss Ferrier avowedly made thumb-nail sketches,—as is proved in one of the few surviving letters to or from her,—out of which grew the merciless caricatures that created her fame”

—an 1893 article in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 contrasting Sussan Ferrier & Jane Austen

8/10

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1893/06/miss-austen-and-miss-ferrier/529989/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten

“Miss Ferrier avowedly made thumb-nail sketches,—as is proved in one of the few surviving letters to or from her,—out of which grew the merciless caricatures that created her fame”

—an 1893 article in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 contrasting Sussan Ferrier & Jane Austen

8/10

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1893/06/miss-austen-and-miss-ferrier/529989/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten

“Miss Ferrier avowedly made thumb-nail sketches,—as is proved in one of the few surviving letters to or from her,—out of which grew the merciless caricatures that created her fame”

—an 1893 article in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 contrasting Sussan Ferrier & Jane Austen

8/10

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1893/06/miss-austen-and-miss-ferrier/529989/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten

“Miss Ferrier avowedly made thumb-nail sketches,—as is proved in one of the few surviving letters to or from her,—out of which grew the merciless caricatures that created her fame”

—an 1893 article in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 contrasting Sussan Ferrier & Jane Austen

8/10

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1893/06/miss-austen-and-miss-ferrier/529989/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten

“…the foibles of the Scottish characters are usually much less detestable than those of the English…”

Untrammelled by Theory: Susan Ferrier’s Polyphonic Vision of Scotland & the Union in 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦
—Benjamine Toussaint, SLR 8/1, 2016
Available via Open Access on Project MUSE

7/10

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/619276

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #NationalTale

A 1996 BBC radio adaptation of 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 by Patricia Hannah was repeated in 2025 on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Sadly it’s not currently available but it might come back again…

6/10

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nn0f

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #adaptation #radiodrama

Infinite Women: Susan Edmonstone Ferrier

In this episode of the Infinite Woman podcast, Dr Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman & Kate Ferrier discuss Susan Ferrier’s life & work

5/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbHjU6Jisrk

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #podcast

We republished Susan Ferrier’s 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 in 2020, using the text of the acid-sharp 1819 2nd edition rather than the sentimentalised Victorian 4th edition of 1841. You can read the first chapter online here:

4/10

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/63106258/marriage-a-novel-by-susan-ferrier-vol-1-ch-1

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #humour #romanticism

“Nothing could be so delightful as the style of living in Scotland; the people were so frank & gay, & the manners so easy & engaging…”

Ferrier’s first novel, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 (1818), looks at what happens when romantic notions of the Highlands meet cold, damp reality…

3/10

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/marriage/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #humour #romanticism

“It is a truth universally acknowledged…”

Susan Ferrier’s 2nd novel 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 (1824) starts with a nod & wink to Jane Austen’s 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦 (1813). In 1818, Blackwood’s paid £150 for 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦; it is a testament to Ferrier’s popularity that they paid £1000 for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦

2/10

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten

“It is a truth universally acknowledged…”

Susan Ferrier’s 2nd novel 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 (1824) starts with a nod & wink to Jane Austen’s 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦 (1813). In 1818, Blackwood’s paid £150 for 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦; it is a testament to Ferrier’s popularity that they paid £1000 for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦

2/10

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten

“It is a truth universally acknowledged…”

Susan Ferrier’s 2nd novel 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 (1824) starts with a nod & wink to Jane Austen’s 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦 (1813). In 1818, Blackwood’s paid £150 for 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦; it is a testament to Ferrier’s popularity that they paid £1000 for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦

2/10

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten

“It is a truth universally acknowledged…”

Susan Ferrier’s 2nd novel 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 (1824) starts with a nod & wink to Jane Austen’s 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦 (1813). In 1818, Blackwood’s paid £150 for 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦; it is a testament to Ferrier’s popularity that they paid £1000 for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦

2/10

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten

“It is a truth universally acknowledged…”

Susan Ferrier’s 2nd novel 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 (1824) starts with a nod & wink to Jane Austen’s 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦 (1813). In 1818, Blackwood’s paid £150 for 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦; it is a testament to Ferrier’s popularity that they paid £1000 for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦

2/10

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten

Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born #OTD, 7 Sept. Her 3 novels – 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, & 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 – are vivid & humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary Jane Austen, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious…

A 🎂🧵

1/10

https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/literature-and-poetry/susan-ferrier-and-her-contemporaries/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten #humour #satire

Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born #OTD, 7 Sept. Her 3 novels – 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, & 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 – are vivid & humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary Jane Austen, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious…

A 🎂🧵

1/10

https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/literature-and-poetry/susan-ferrier-and-her-contemporaries/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten #humour #satire

Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born #OTD, 7 Sept. Her 3 novels – 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, & 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 – are vivid & humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary Jane Austen, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious…

A 🎂🧵

1/10

https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/literature-and-poetry/susan-ferrier-and-her-contemporaries/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten #humour #satire

Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born #OTD, 7 Sept. Her 3 novels – 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, & 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 – are vivid & humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary Jane Austen, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious…

A 🎂🧵

1/10

https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/literature-and-poetry/susan-ferrier-and-her-contemporaries/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten #humour #satire

Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born #OTD, 7 Sept. Her 3 novels – 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, & 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 – are vivid & humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary Jane Austen, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious…

A 🎂🧵

1/10

https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/literature-and-poetry/susan-ferrier-and-her-contemporaries/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten #humour #satire

🧬⚛️ “Science doesn’t demystify the world—it makes it more mysterious.”

In our new #Zoomposium, we speak with #sciencehistorian and #sciencecommunicator #ErnstPeterFischer.

📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/05/10/romantische-revolution/

🎥 https://youtu.be/PlXoYAQ8xV8

#HistoryOfScience #Philosophy #QuantumPhysics #Romanticism #NaturalScience #QuantumTheory #PhilosophyOfScience #Education #Culture #DescriptionOfNature #Objectivity #ScienceCommunication #Cosmos #Physics #Biology

🧬⚛️ “Science doesn’t demystify the world—it makes it more mysterious.”

In our new #Zoomposium, we speak with #sciencehistorian and #sciencecommunicator #ErnstPeterFischer.

📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/05/10/romantische-revolution/

🎥 https://youtu.be/PlXoYAQ8xV8

#HistoryOfScience #Philosophy #QuantumPhysics #Romanticism #NaturalScience #QuantumTheory #PhilosophyOfScience #Education #Culture #DescriptionOfNature #Objectivity #ScienceCommunication #Cosmos #Physics #Biology

There’s a selection of Galt’s works available as free ebooks on @gutenberg_org

6/6

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/588?sort_order=title

#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt

John Galt’s fictional works – poised between Enlightenment and Romanticism – are sharp political satires & fascinating chronicles of Scottish life. Our INTERNATIONAL COMPANION to Galt is available in print, or online via Project MUSE

4/6

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/companions/ic5/

#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt

“Between Whigs and Tories I can make no distinction,—a Tory is but a Whig in office, and a Whig but a Tory in opposition”

—John Galt, THE MEMBER (1832). Described as “the first political novel tout court”, it’s available as an ebook from @canongatebooks

3/6

https://canongate.co.uk/books/228-the-member-and-the-radical/

#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt

“I was in love with the book. In pure, ignorant defiance of the decree of the Iowa Writing School that controls almost all modern fiction, Galt tells without showing.”

—Ursula K. Le Guin discusses John Galt’s 1821 novel ANNALS OF THE PARISH

2/6

https://www.publicbooks.org/b-sides-john-galts-annals-parish/

#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt #Ursulakleguin

“[Galt’s] realism is hard-headed, his compassion is tough-minded, his humour contagious but tainted with the sense that chaos and catastrophe are never far away”

—Prof Alan Riach on the fiction of John Galt (1779–1839), born #OTD, 2 May – a 🎂🧵

1/6

https://www.thenational.scot/news/15683482.john-galts-stories-of-19th-century-scots-life-still-resonate-today/

#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt

In "Alimentary Orientalism" Yin Yuan follows the politics of tea, sugar & opium in 18th & 19th c Britain: How did British authors portray Otherness & the consumption of the Orient?

#PostColonialStudies #Orientalism #FoodStudies #EnglishLiterature #LiteraryStudies #Romanticism #VictorianLiterature

Went there before the #pandemic and visited Balzac's study
https://www.timeout.com/news/a-museum-dedicated-to-romantic-life-will-reopen-this-valentines-day-in-paris-011926 My photo essay here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2020/04/25/the-romantic-era-from-france-to-spain/ #balzac #literature #romanticism #delacroix

Death of Sardanapalus, Eugene Delacroix (1827), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/10/death-of-sardanapalus-eugene-delacroix.html

#art #paintings #romanticism #delacroix

White people media in the past century:

Mother Earth News, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1970.

For good measure, this edition also included a blueprint for building your very own Plains Indians tipi.

#media #history #motherEarth #romanticism #alternativeLiving

Musical Interlude: More Romanticism? You bet! Here's a composer more people should know.

"Piano Concerto in F Minor," composed by Anton Arensky, performed by the Russian Philharmonic, with Konstantin Scherbakov on piano.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoMAKWpUAV4

#MusicalInterlude #ClassicalMusic #AntonArensky #PianoConcerto #Romanticism

Musical Interlude: How about some piano? Delving some more into Romantic music, I found this lovely piece.

"Piano Concerto in E major," composed by Mortiz Moszkowski, performed by the Polish National Radio Orchestra, with Markus Pawlik on piano.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh3l8I-JT4Q

#MusicalInterlude #ClassicalMusic #PianoConcerto #MortizMoszkowski #RomanticMusic #Romanticism

"Cloud Study, Hampstead, Tree at Right," John Constable, 1821.

Constable (1776-1837) was THE great British landscape artist, although he had little recognition in his own country during his lifetime. A combination of bad luck and poor business sense kept him financially struggling most of his life. It wasn't until after his death that his work began to be prized by the British, and the phrase "Constable country" entered the lingo as a descriptor for lovely countryside.

Here we have an unusual painting for him, a study of clouds. It's a simple subject but took a lot of work to get down as he observed them...after all, clouds are ever-changing and ever-moving.

Although technically of the Romantic school, some feel this was an early precursor to Impressionism, which was waiting in the wings...

And now in modern times we have cloudspotting guides and clubs, to remind us to slow down and watch nature...

From the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

#Art #JohnConstable #Clouds #Romanticism

John Constable (British) - Weymouth Bay, oil, canvas, 1816 #JohnConstable #art #artist #painting #painter #Romanticism #landscape #sketchandstudy #mastoart