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Tennyson and John William Waterhouse’s “The Lady of Shalott”

I did an earlier post about Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem. “The Lady of Shalott” (“Alfred Lord Tennyson and the Band Perry.” See Tennyson’s poem at Poetryfoundation.org here). The pre-Raphaelite artist, John William Waterhouse, inspired by Tennyson’s poem, painted this exquisitely lovely, … Continue reading

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Desperate Romantics

Watched on DVD the six-part, BBC TV series, Desperate Romantics based on the book with the same title by Franny Moyle (also read the book). I only found out about the Pre-Raphaelites last year when I read a Guardian book … Continue reading

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John Keats and the Death of Chatterton

We poets in our youth begin in gladness;                                                                  … Continue reading

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