On This Day in 1817: 28 December, The Immortal Dinner
The ‘On This Day’ series continues with a post by Ana Romanelli to celebrate 200 years since a gathering of remarkable intellects… The Immortal Dinner by Ana Romanelli Born in 1786,… Read more »
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On This Day in 1817: Keats and Negative Capability, 21-27 December
After a hiatus, ‘On This Day’ continues with a post by Ellen Nicholls (University of Sheffield). Ellen is a third year PhD candidate and Wolfson Scholar, studying under the supervision… Read more »
On This Day in 1816: 10th December and the tragic death of Harriet Shelley
We welcome Francesca Blanch Serrat to the BARS blog for the second time; Francesca is a pre-doctoral student and has written the following post on Harriet Shelley. She recently graduated in… Read more »
On this day in 1816: 17 November, Marriage, Scandal and the Death of a Lover
The ‘On This Day’ series continues with a post by Brianna Robertson-Kirkland (University of Glasgow). Brianna completed her PhD in 2016 (funded by the College of Arts Internship Scholarship). Her research examines… Read more »
On This Day: 9 October 1816, John Keats and Leigh Hunt
This post continues the ‘On This Day’ series: Francesca Blanch Serrat writes for us on John Keats and Leigh Hunt. Francesca is a pre-doctoral student. She recently graduated in English Studies with… Read more »
On This Day in 1816: 18 July, apocalypse, and Byron’s ‘Darkness’
July’s ‘On This Day’ post is by Patrick Vincent, Professor of English and American literature at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. With Angela Esterhammer and Diane Piccitto, he recently published… Read more »
On This Day in 1816: John Polidori finds a book
The ‘On This Day’ series continues with a post by Fabio Camilletti on Fantasmagoriana, celebrating exactly 200 years since the Shelleys, Byron and Polidori held their now infamous ghost story competition during… Read more »
‘On This Day’, Fictionalising 1816: A Treacherous Likeness
Lynn Shepherd is the author of A Treacherous Likeness, a fictionalisation of the lives of the Shelleys. The novel was one of Kirkus Reviews’ 100 Best Fiction Books for 2013,… Read more »
On This Day in 1816: Italy, Romanticism, and the Year Without a Summer (Part II)
The ‘On This Day’ series continues with the second part of a post on Italian Romanticism from Fabio Camilletti, who is Associate Professor at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of… Read more »
On This Day in 1816: Italy, Romanticism, and the Year Without a Summer (Part I)
We continue the ‘On This Day’ series with a post on Italian Romanticism from Fabio Camilletti, who is Associate Professor at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Warwick. This post… Read more »