“We are now on the point of leaving [Livorno] for Florence, where we have taken pleasant apartments for six months, which brings us to the first of April, the season at which new flowers and new thoughts spring forth upon the earth and in the mind. What is then our destination is yet undecided. I have not yet seen Florence, except as one sees the … Continue reading The Shelleys in Florence
… or “mad, bad and dangerous to know”, as Lady Caroline Lamb—one of his lovers—described him? Last April marked the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death in Missolonghi, Greece, where the poet is still remembered as a national hero: a lifelong supporter of liberal causes, in 1823 he joined the Greeks in their fight against Ottoman rule. Among the events organized to commemorate the life and … Continue reading Lord Byron, the first European superstar…
… Claude Monet’s painting The Thames at Westminster, William Wordsworth’s poem ‘Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802’, and Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist, “The expedition” chapter 21? For this assignment, I found that the set of documents represented the perspectives of three different artists of the city of London during the 19th century. Although Monet’s painting and Wordsworth’s poem seem to be like snapshots … Continue reading What’s the link between…
The eternal student - anglophile version 