#romanticism — Public Fediverse posts

This day 141 years ago: Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885)’s death date.

Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00608

#poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

A staged reading of Joanna Baillie’s 1798 comedy THE TRYAL. The text has been modified for the stage: it has been shortened but there is also a scene added to clarify the plot. This reading brings to life a text Baillie was unable to produce in her own day.

5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ksanlDElU

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

A staged reading of Joanna Baillie’s 1798 comedy THE TRYAL. The text has been modified for the stage: it has been shortened but there is also a scene added to clarify the plot. This reading brings to life a text Baillie was unable to produce in her own day.

5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ksanlDElU

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

A staged reading of Joanna Baillie’s 1798 comedy THE TRYAL. The text has been modified for the stage: it has been shortened but there is also a scene added to clarify the plot. This reading brings to life a text Baillie was unable to produce in her own day.

5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ksanlDElU

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

A staged reading of Joanna Baillie’s 1798 comedy THE TRYAL. The text has been modified for the stage: it has been shortened but there is also a scene added to clarify the plot. This reading brings to life a text Baillie was unable to produce in her own day.

5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ksanlDElU

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

A staged reading of Joanna Baillie’s 1798 comedy THE TRYAL. The text has been modified for the stage: it has been shortened but there is also a scene added to clarify the plot. This reading brings to life a text Baillie was unable to produce in her own day.

5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ksanlDElU

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Joanna Baillie: Gothic Plays & Psychological Horror

Dr Helen Dallas explores the intersections of the Gothic, powerful emotions, psychology, & stage performance, & makes the case for what was innovative about Baillie’s work, & why she’s overdue a comeback

4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJGoCMk85A

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #gothic #horror

Joanna Baillie: Gothic Plays & Psychological Horror

Dr Helen Dallas explores the intersections of the Gothic, powerful emotions, psychology, & stage performance, & makes the case for what was innovative about Baillie’s work, & why she’s overdue a comeback

4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJGoCMk85A

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #gothic #horror

Joanna Baillie: Gothic Plays & Psychological Horror

Dr Helen Dallas explores the intersections of the Gothic, powerful emotions, psychology, & stage performance, & makes the case for what was innovative about Baillie’s work, & why she’s overdue a comeback

4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJGoCMk85A

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #gothic #horror

Joanna Baillie: Gothic Plays & Psychological Horror

Dr Helen Dallas explores the intersections of the Gothic, powerful emotions, psychology, & stage performance, & makes the case for what was innovative about Baillie’s work, & why she’s overdue a comeback

4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJGoCMk85A

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #gothic #horror

Joanna Baillie: Gothic Plays & Psychological Horror

Dr Helen Dallas explores the intersections of the Gothic, powerful emotions, psychology, & stage performance, & makes the case for what was innovative about Baillie’s work, & why she’s overdue a comeback

4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJGoCMk85A

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #gothic #horror

“the particular configuration of A Collection of Poems – a gathering of poems from various authors strictly to benefit a needy family, a family whose name was unknown to almost all of the subscribers – was certainly unusual & possibly unique in the Romantic era”

3/5

https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=thomas-mclean-donation-and-collaboration-joanna-baillies-a-collection-of-poems-chiefly-manuscript-and-from-living-authors-april-1823

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

“the particular configuration of A Collection of Poems – a gathering of poems from various authors strictly to benefit a needy family, a family whose name was unknown to almost all of the subscribers – was certainly unusual & possibly unique in the Romantic era”

3/5

https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=thomas-mclean-donation-and-collaboration-joanna-baillies-a-collection-of-poems-chiefly-manuscript-and-from-living-authors-april-1823

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

“the particular configuration of A Collection of Poems – a gathering of poems from various authors strictly to benefit a needy family, a family whose name was unknown to almost all of the subscribers – was certainly unusual & possibly unique in the Romantic era”

3/5

https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=thomas-mclean-donation-and-collaboration-joanna-baillies-a-collection-of-poems-chiefly-manuscript-and-from-living-authors-april-1823

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

“the particular configuration of A Collection of Poems – a gathering of poems from various authors strictly to benefit a needy family, a family whose name was unknown to almost all of the subscribers – was certainly unusual & possibly unique in the Romantic era”

3/5

https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=thomas-mclean-donation-and-collaboration-joanna-baillies-a-collection-of-poems-chiefly-manuscript-and-from-living-authors-april-1823

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

“the particular configuration of A Collection of Poems – a gathering of poems from various authors strictly to benefit a needy family, a family whose name was unknown to almost all of the subscribers – was certainly unusual & possibly unique in the Romantic era”

3/5

https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=thomas-mclean-donation-and-collaboration-joanna-baillies-a-collection-of-poems-chiefly-manuscript-and-from-living-authors-april-1823

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Joanna Baillie supported working-class poets & female writers. She inspired Byron & was considered by Harriet Martineau “second only to Shakespeare”. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has volumes of her work in their Research Room

2/5

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/joanna-baillie/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #workingclasswriters

Joanna Baillie supported working-class poets & female writers. She inspired Byron & was considered by Harriet Martineau “second only to Shakespeare”. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has volumes of her work in their Research Room

2/5

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/joanna-baillie/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #workingclasswriters

Joanna Baillie supported working-class poets & female writers. She inspired Byron & was considered by Harriet Martineau “second only to Shakespeare”. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has volumes of her work in their Research Room

2/5

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/joanna-baillie/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #workingclasswriters

Joanna Baillie supported working-class poets & female writers. She inspired Byron & was considered by Harriet Martineau “second only to Shakespeare”. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has volumes of her work in their Research Room

2/5

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/joanna-baillie/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #workingclasswriters

Joanna Baillie supported working-class poets & female writers. She inspired Byron & was considered by Harriet Martineau “second only to Shakespeare”. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has volumes of her work in their Research Room

2/5

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/joanna-baillie/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #workingclasswriters

Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born #OTD, 11 Sep. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies & tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018

A 🎂🧵

1/5

https://doodles.google/doodle/joanna-baillies-256th-birthday/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born #OTD, 11 Sep. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies & tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018

A 🎂🧵

1/5

https://doodles.google/doodle/joanna-baillies-256th-birthday/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born #OTD, 11 Sep. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies & tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018

A 🎂🧵

1/5

https://doodles.google/doodle/joanna-baillies-256th-birthday/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born #OTD, 11 Sep. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies & tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018

A 🎂🧵

1/5

https://doodles.google/doodle/joanna-baillies-256th-birthday/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born #OTD, 11 Sep. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies & tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018

A 🎂🧵

1/5

https://doodles.google/doodle/joanna-baillies-256th-birthday/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

On this date 199 years ago, Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827)’s death date.

Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00093

#poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

Out of the Shadows

On BBC Sounds: singer & storyteller Karine Polwart tells the story of how a crater on Mercury came to be named after the 18th-century Scottish poet & songwriter Carolina Oliphant

3/3

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qdgg

#Scottish #literature #song #folksong #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #astronomy #romanticism #Mercury

Listen to Ossian’s version of Robert Burns’ “Corn Rigs”, from their 1981 album SEAL SONG:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU6f21Bdsbg&list=PLF04F88F9D6E44609

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage

It was upon a Lammas night,
When corn rigs are bonie,
Beneath the moon’s unclouded light,
I held awa to Annie…

—Robert Burns, “Corn Rigs”
pages from Robert Burns: Selected Poems & Songs (OUP, 2013)

Today, 1 August, is Lammas Day

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/selected-poems-and-songs-9780199682324?cc=gb&lang=en&

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #song #18thcentury #folksong #RobertBurns #Lammas #LammasDay #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage

"Still Life with Golden Bream," Francisco Goya, 1808-12.

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) is one of the all-time greats. When painting portraits, he could communicate a lot about the sitter while still depicting them more-or-less fairly. But he was also an exceptional caricaturist who ruthlessly dissected human foibles. He could paint historical works but also do works that were sharply critical of the times he was in. And he also produced many bizarre works that seem to be his savage depictions of human fears.

What he was NOT known for was still lifes, and the ones by him can be counted on one's fingers.

Here we have some fish in a heap by the shore. At just a glance, it seems normal, but bear in mind this was painted during the Peninsular War, when Napoleon was invading Spain and fighting was all over. Then those goggling fish eyes take on a sense of pathos. It's a heap of the dead, left on the seashore, sacrificed by a desire for conquest.

That's how good Goya was. He can paint a still life of fish and turn it into a commentary on war.

From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

#Art #FranciscoGoya #Romanticism #StillLife #War #Symbolism #Commentary #Napoleon #PeninsularWar

Ah, the good ol' days of loving computers 🤖❤️, when nerds were fueled by #floppy #disks and not by Silicon Valley snake oil. Who knew an overgrown calculator could inspire such poetry and profound #nostalgia, while #AI #villains cackle in the background? Clearly, the author missed the memo: the '90s called, they want their #tech #romanticism back! 😂
https://michaelenger.com/blog/i-love-the-computer/ #90s #HackerNews #ngated

🧬⚛️ “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

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

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

To celebrate discovering my 6 author copies of The #CharlesLamb Bulletin (and a Christmas card from Wordsworth Grasmere) waiting for my in my pigeon hole I’m running a #competition in which YOU can win a copy - toot me your most ridiculous line, story, or anecdote ideally about #Romanticism and you can read my essay on Lamb and ridiculousness - and much else in a great journal! Winner chosen by whimsy!

To celebrate discovering my 6 author copies of The #CharlesLamb Bulletin (and a Christmas card from Wordsworth Grasmere) waiting for my in my pigeon hole I’m running a #competition in which YOU can win a copy - toot me your most ridiculous line, story, or anecdote ideally about #Romanticism and you can read my essay on Lamb and ridiculousness - and much else in a great journal! Winner chosen by whimsy!

To celebrate discovering my 6 author copies of The #CharlesLamb Bulletin (and a Christmas card from Wordsworth Grasmere) waiting for my in my pigeon hole I’m running a #competition in which YOU can win a copy - toot me your most ridiculous line, story, or anecdote ideally about #Romanticism and you can read my essay on Lamb and ridiculousness - and much else in a great journal! Winner chosen by whimsy!

To celebrate discovering my 6 author copies of The #CharlesLamb Bulletin (and a Christmas card from Wordsworth Grasmere) waiting for my in my pigeon hole I’m running a #competition in which YOU can win a copy - toot me your most ridiculous line, story, or anecdote ideally about #Romanticism and you can read my essay on Lamb and ridiculousness - and much else in a great journal! Winner chosen by whimsy!

To celebrate discovering my 6 author copies of The #CharlesLamb Bulletin (and a Christmas card from Wordsworth Grasmere) waiting for my in my pigeon hole I’m running a #competition in which YOU can win a copy - toot me your most ridiculous line, story, or anecdote ideally about #Romanticism and you can read my essay on Lamb and ridiculousness - and much else in a great journal! Winner chosen by whimsy!

#Introduction #artist #art #arthistory #music #culture #design #leftist #protopia #metamodernism #advaita #vedanta #theself #transcend #digitalart #prints #lgbtq #neoromantic #nft #cleannft #sustainability #abstract #romanticism #kindness #agoodlifelived? #lgbtq #photography #architecture #lifelonglearner #blender #fullyautomatedluxurycommunism #SriRamakrishna #middleaged #fuckit #labelsonhumans #willdieoneday