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This day 184 years ago: date of death of Clemens Brentano (1778-1842).
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This day 184 years ago: date of death of Clemens Brentano (1778-1842).
Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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William Blake's poem 'The Tyger' explores the horrific and terrifying aspects of creation: "In what distant deeps or skies, Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire?" The poem asks serious questions of a god that could create such a cruel natural order. There are also hints of the Greek myth of Prometheus and his 'insolence' in seizing the divine fire and bringing it to earth. #FairytaleTuesday #poetry #folklore #mythology #poems #poetry #poets #literature #art #Romanticism
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William Blake's poem 'The Tyger' explores the horrific and terrifying aspects of creation: "In what distant deeps or skies, Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire?" The poem asks serious questions of a god that could create such a cruel natural order. There are also hints of the Greek myth of Prometheus and his 'insolence' in seizing the divine fire and bringing it to earth. #FairytaleTuesday #poetry #folklore #mythology #poems #poetry #poets #literature #art #Romanticism
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In Romantic-period literary history: death of Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) and Fyodor Tyutchev (1803-1873).
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In Romantic-period literary history: death of Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) and Fyodor Tyutchev (1803-1873).
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Today marks the 220th anniversary of the death of Karoline von Günderode (1780-1806).
Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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Today marks the 220th anniversary of the death of Karoline von Günderode (1780-1806).
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Today in Romantic-period poetry: André Chénier (1762-1794) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)’s death date.
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Today in Romantic-period poetry: André Chénier (1762-1794) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)’s death date.
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This day 167 years ago: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786-1859)’s death date.
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This day 167 years ago: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786-1859)’s death date.
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CFP: “Politics, Place, & Print Culture”: the 14th International Walter Scott Conference
28–30 June 2027, University of Edinburgh, ScotlandPapers are invited papers on any & all aspects of Scott’s relationship to questions of politics, place & print culture. Deadline 1 Oct 2026
https://llc.ed.ac.uk/english-and-scottish-literature/14th-international-walter-scott-conference
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #romanticism #bookhistory #WalterScott #SirWalterScott #CallforPapers
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CFP: “Politics, Place, & Print Culture”: the 14th International Walter Scott Conference
28–30 June 2027, University of Edinburgh, ScotlandPapers are invited papers on any & all aspects of Scott’s relationship to questions of politics, place & print culture. Deadline 1 Oct 2026
https://llc.ed.ac.uk/english-and-scottish-literature/14th-international-walter-scott-conference
#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #romanticism #bookhistory #WalterScott #SirWalterScott #CallforPapers
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Today marks the 230th anniversary of the death of Robert Burns (1759-1796).
Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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Today marks the 230th anniversary of the death of Robert Burns (1759-1796).
Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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“It is apparent from Burns’s correspondence, his poetry, and even from his First Commonplace Book that the bard was plagued by ill health on several occasions throughout his short life”
—From the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Robert Burns Studies’ “Editing Robert Burns” blog
4/4
https://burnsc21.glasgow.ac.uk/robert-burns-and-death/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #RobertBurns #18thcentury #romanticism
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“It is apparent from Burns’s correspondence, his poetry, and even from his First Commonplace Book that the bard was plagued by ill health on several occasions throughout his short life”
—From the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Robert Burns Studies’ “Editing Robert Burns” blog
4/4
https://burnsc21.glasgow.ac.uk/robert-burns-and-death/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #RobertBurns #18thcentury #romanticism
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“This Sonnet I have written in a strange mood, half asleep. I know not how it is, the Clouds, the sky, the Houses, all seem anti Grecian & anti Charlemagnish—”
Fame & Judgement: Keats at Burns’s Tomb (1818)
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https://keatslettersproject.com/correspondence/fame-and-judgement-keats-at-burnss-tomb/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #RobertBurns #Keats #JohnKeats #18thcentury #19thcentury #romanticism
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“This Sonnet I have written in a strange mood, half asleep. I know not how it is, the Clouds, the sky, the Houses, all seem anti Grecian & anti Charlemagnish—”
Fame & Judgement: Keats at Burns’s Tomb (1818)
3/4
https://keatslettersproject.com/correspondence/fame-and-judgement-keats-at-burnss-tomb/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #RobertBurns #Keats #JohnKeats #18thcentury #19thcentury #romanticism
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I shiver, Spirit fierce and bold,
At thought of what I now behold:
As vapours breathed from dungeons cold,
Strike pleasure dead,
So sadness comes from out the mould
Where Burns is laid…—William Wordsworth, “At the Grave of Burns, 1803, Seven Years After His Death”
William Wordsworth has a go at a Standard Habbie
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#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Wordsworth #WilliamWordsworth #RobertBurns #18thcentury #romanticism
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I shiver, Spirit fierce and bold,
At thought of what I now behold:
As vapours breathed from dungeons cold,
Strike pleasure dead,
So sadness comes from out the mould
Where Burns is laid…—William Wordsworth, “At the Grave of Burns, 1803, Seven Years After His Death”
William Wordsworth has a go at a Standard Habbie
2/4
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Wordsworth #WilliamWordsworth #RobertBurns #18thcentury #romanticism
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Is there a whim-inspired fool,
Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule,
Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool,
Let him draw near…Robert Burns (1759–96) died #OTD, 21 July, aged 37. “A Bard’s Epitaph” is the final poem in the 1786 Kilmarnock Edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
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#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #RobertBurns #18thcentury #romanticism
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Is there a whim-inspired fool,
Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule,
Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool,
Let him draw near…Robert Burns (1759–96) died #OTD, 21 July, aged 37. “A Bard’s Epitaph” is the final poem in the 1786 Kilmarnock Edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
1/4
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #RobertBurns #18thcentury #romanticism
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Today in Romantic-period poetry: date of death of Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) and Konstantin Batyushkov (1787-1855).
Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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Today in Romantic-period poetry: date of death of Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) and Konstantin Batyushkov (1787-1855).
Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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Satan in His Original Glory, by William Blake. Notice the smaller spirits emanating from the larger one, a common theme in Blake's work. #gothic #art #arthistory #history #folklore #poetry #poets #Romanticism #literature #mythology
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Satan in His Original Glory, by William Blake. Notice the smaller spirits emanating from the larger one, a common theme in Blake's work. #gothic #art #arthistory #history #folklore #poetry #poets #Romanticism #literature #mythology
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"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
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"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
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The #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive has a new text-as-graph (TAG) view, ontologically resolved to stanza, line, and word, aimed at surfacing latent semantic frameworks, mapping non-linear themes, and opening the entire corpus to structural analysis:
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The #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive has a new text-as-graph (TAG) view, ontologically resolved to stanza, line, and word, aimed at surfacing latent semantic frameworks, mapping non-linear themes, and opening the entire corpus to structural analysis:
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On this day (141 years ago), Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885)’s death date.
Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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On this day (141 years ago), Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885)’s death date.
Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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Today marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Kondraty Ryleyev (1795-1826).
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Today marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Kondraty Ryleyev (1795-1826).
Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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On this day, Henrik Wergeland (1808-1845) and Horace Smith (1779-1849) died this day.
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On this day, Henrik Wergeland (1808-1845) and Horace Smith (1779-1849) died this day.
Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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OTD (182 years ago): death of Evgeny Baratynsky (1800-1844).
Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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OTD (182 years ago): death of Evgeny Baratynsky (1800-1844).
Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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"Grand Canyon of Arizona at Sunset," Thomas Moran, 1909.
Moran (1837-1926) was a painter of the Hudson River School, but he was often half-jokingly referred to as a founder of the Rocky Mountain School, as he, his friend Albert Bierstadt, and a few others, became famous primarily for their work in the American West. Moran especially became known for his paintings of Yellowstone, to the point that he was sometimes called "Yellowstone Moran."
The brother of noted marine artist Edward Moran, he was born in England but his family moved to the US when he was still a child. He became an engraver, then a magazine illustrator, before he and his brother opened a studio and began work as full-time artists.
In 1871 he was hired to be the resident artist of the first team to explore the Yellowstone region; his vivid depictions of it fired the public imagination and led to its designation as the first national park.
He traveled extensively for the next 40 years all over the west, including the Grand Canyon, where he painted this masterwork. Other works by him are in the Smithsonian's American Art museum, and in the White House collection.
From a private collection.
#Art #ThomasMoran #HudsonRiverSchool #Romanticism #GrandCanyon #AmiercanArt
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"Grand Canyon of Arizona at Sunset," Thomas Moran, 1909.
Moran (1837-1926) was a painter of the Hudson River School, but he was often half-jokingly referred to as a founder of the Rocky Mountain School, as he, his friend Albert Bierstadt, and a few others, became famous primarily for their work in the American West. Moran especially became known for his paintings of Yellowstone, to the point that he was sometimes called "Yellowstone Moran."
The brother of noted marine artist Edward Moran, he was born in England but his family moved to the US when he was still a child. He became an engraver, then a magazine illustrator, before he and his brother opened a studio and began work as full-time artists.
In 1871 he was hired to be the resident artist of the first team to explore the Yellowstone region; his vivid depictions of it fired the public imagination and led to its designation as the first national park.
He traveled extensively for the next 40 years all over the west, including the Grand Canyon, where he painted this masterwork. Other works by him are in the Smithsonian's American Art museum, and in the White House collection.
From a private collection.
#Art #ThomasMoran #HudsonRiverSchool #Romanticism #GrandCanyon #AmiercanArt
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Christian Georg Shutz, 'The Devil's Bridge, St Gothard Pass Road', 1781.
#art #landscape #Romanticism #sublime #Switzerland #devil -
This day 204 years ago: death of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822).
Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00014 -
This day 204 years ago: death of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822).
Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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Frederick Kruseman, 'Monk Meditating In A Moonlit Ruin', 1860s.
#Gothic #Romanticism #landscape #art #Victorian -
Thomas Jones, 'The Bard', 1774.
#StandingStoneSunday #Druid #Paganism #Romanticism #art -
On this day (92 years ago), death of Hayyim Nachman Bialik (1873-1934).
Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
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On this day (92 years ago), death of Hayyim Nachman Bialik (1873-1934).
Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00678 -
"Thunderstorm in the Area of the Village Kaditz," Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, 1838.
Oehme (1797-1855) was a lesser-known German Romantic painter and illustrator, whose specialty was moody landscapes with architectural details.
Originally training to be a teacher, and working as an assistant tax collector, he became inspired by art and eventually entered the prestigious Dresden Academy. He became acquainted with many artists of the Romantic Era, including the dean of Romanticism, Caspar David Friedrich, who was a major influence on his work.
He traveled around Italy and the Alps, painting scenes there, and having a flirtation with the Nazarene Movement, a subset of Romanticism that emphasized religiosity. But by the 1830s he was moving away from that and doing more realistic works, like this one.
Here we have the river Elbe in German, winding by a village church. The storm clouds are overhead, the wind is obviously up, the river is rough and the boats are being tossed around. But in the center, although small, is the real Kaditz church, the eye of the hurricane, in a sense.
Oehme's work deserves grester scrutiny, I think.
From the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
#Art #ErnstFerdinandOehme #Romanticism #Thunderstorm #Landscape #Drama
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"Thunderstorm in the Area of the Village Kaditz," Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, 1838.
Oehme (1797-1855) was a lesser-known German Romantic painter and illustrator, whose specialty was moody landscapes with architectural details.
Originally training to be a teacher, and working as an assistant tax collector, he became inspired by art and eventually entered the prestigious Dresden Academy. He became acquainted with many artists of the Romantic Era, including the dean of Romanticism, Caspar David Friedrich, who was a major influence on his work.
He traveled around Italy and the Alps, painting scenes there, and having a flirtation with the Nazarene Movement, a subset of Romanticism that emphasized religiosity. But by the 1830s he was moving away from that and doing more realistic works, like this one.
Here we have the river Elbe in German, winding by a village church. The storm clouds are overhead, the wind is obviously up, the river is rough and the boats are being tossed around. But in the center, although small, is the real Kaditz church, the eye of the hurricane, in a sense.
Oehme's work deserves grester scrutiny, I think.
From the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
#Art #ErnstFerdinandOehme #Romanticism #Thunderstorm #Landscape #Drama
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Today marks the 165th anniversary of the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861).
Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00080 -
Today marks the 165th anniversary of the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861).
Featured in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00080 -
"Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore," Joseph Mallard William Turner, 1834.
Turner (1775-1831) was THE great English Romantic painter, and in his sometimes violent and turbulent sea paintings, an early precursor to Expressionism.
He began drawing as a teenager, and at 14 was accepted as a student at the prestigious Royal Academy. When only in his 20s, he was capturing top honors at exhibitions, which angered some there. Turner was the son of a barber, and some of the more upper-crust members resented him. He distanced himself from the Academy by 1800 but by then had his own gallery (run by his proud papa) and attracted many commissions.
He traveled around Europe, and especially loved Venice, which was the subject of quite a few remarkable works. Here we have a picture-postcard view of the Dogana palace and the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, with fishing boats at dock and crowded gondolas plying the canals. It's beautiful without being overly idealized.
If you like his work, check out the 2014 movie "Mr. Turner."
From the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
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"Portrait of Adam Mickiewicz on the Ayu-Dag Cliff," Walenty Wańkowicz, 1827-8.
Wańkowicz (1799-1842) was a Polish painter, born in present-day Belarus, and considered something of a celebrity there still. His family home is now a museum of his work.
He and Mickiewicz became friends while at the University of Vilnius and later reconnected in St. Petersburg. Mickiewicz was rising to prominence as a poet, and so this portrait was created, referring to one of his most popular poems about the Ayu-Dag cliffs in Crimea.
Mickiewicz (1798-1855) was a poet, dramatist, essayist, and political activist who is still today regarded as a national treasure in Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus. (The Lithuanian national anthem borrows from his work!) He's regarded as one of the greatest European poets ever, while being fairly unknown outside of Europe. He helped lead rebellions against the imperial powers that dominated Poland and Lithuania, before escaping the clutches of the Russian Empire in 1829 and living out his life abroad, but always fighting for a democratic, independent Poland.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From the National Museum in Warsaw.
#Art #WalentyWankowicz #Romanticism #AdamMickiewicz #Poland #Lithuania #PortraitMonday
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This day 161 years ago: Duque de Rivas, Ángel de Saavedra (1791-1865) died this day.
Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00231