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A Grasmere Journal: March 2009
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Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? Wednesday, 25 March 2009. Update on the Decent. I walked up to Easedale Tarn on one especially hot day the other week and found shallow pools with frogspawn dimpling the surface. Which is a way of saying that Spring has come to Grasmere, complete with lambs and daffs and some quite ridiculously glorious weather. The mornings are radiant and sultry though most afternoons about half twelve or one the sun slips off early and the rain rehearses its customary showers. Oh yeah&#...
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A Grasmere Journal: January 2009
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Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? Tuesday, 27 January 2009. Arts and Books Festival 2: Walter Scott. Early 19th century social-networking. In a weekend of informative and engaging talks, Stuart Kelly's was perhaps the one I enjoyed most, despite the fact I have never fostered an interest in his topic or read any of Scott's books. Kelly has a book called 'Scottland' coming out, and the subject is Scott and Scottishness. Labels: Arts and Books Festival. Saturday, 24 January 2009. Hail, Snow and Desolation!
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A Grasmere Journal: February 2009
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Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? Tuesday, 24 February 2009. So long since my last post? In Town End the weeks hurtle through as quickly as the tourists. Some posts to come which have been brewing for a while, but first a quick update. Well, that's all that is necessary for you to know for now. Posts to come on De Quincey and Romanticism, Poetry and Science. Monday, 9 February 2009. Thomas De Quincey and Dove Cottage. The most famous tenants of Dove Cottage were of course the Wordsworths. Having resolved t...
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A Grasmere Journal: Leaving
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Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? Monday, 11 January 2010. Wordsworth left Dove Cottage at some point late in May 1808. The cottage is of a liberal size but not enormous. Coleridge wished to live with the family, Mary was pregnant with their fourth child and more and more visitors came to call and required lodging. And Coleridge began to seriously deteriorate. This constant reminder was unbearable, along with a felicitous increase in income when Wordsworth was appointed Westmoreland. For me, Dove Cottage i...
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A Grasmere Journal: April 2009
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Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? Thursday, 23 April 2009. A great online edition called Poets on Poets. With audio of modern poets reading various Romantic works. From the site Romantic Circles. Who have a number of fantastic resources. Interesting to see the Romantics that these poets have chosen to read and the ways they adapt them to their style of performance. Wednesday, 22 April 2009. It's wonderful. It makes me very happy. It gives me a job to do. It means I never leave work. Sunday, 19 April 2009.
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A Grasmere Journal: January 2010
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Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? Monday, 11 January 2010. Wordsworth left Dove Cottage at some point late in May 1808. The cottage is of a liberal size but not enormous. Coleridge wished to live with the family, Mary was pregnant with their fourth child and more and more visitors came to call and required lodging. And Coleridge began to seriously deteriorate. This constant reminder was unbearable, along with a felicitous increase in income when Wordsworth was appointed Westmoreland. For me, Dove Cottage i...
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A Grasmere Journal: December 2009
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Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? Wednesday, 30 December 2009. A Servant to the Supreme Majesty of the People. And so we have dried out, and have fared much better than the poor folk of Cockermouth. Back to business then . Eaton was inspired by the ideas that drove the French Revolution, and invigorated by the goings-on across the channel. It seems likely it was around this time that Eaton discovered the political writings of Thomas Paine. In Romanticism on the Net. Labels: Daniel Isaac Eaton. Shotgun Revi...
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A Grasmere Journal: Resolution and Repentance
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Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? Tuesday, 27 October 2009. Well, I break an unforgiveably long silence with a few updates and promises of more meaty future posts. First, some notices:. Launched a whole fleet of fascinating content, including my review of Richard Bronk's 'The Romantic Economist'. Our Poetry in Grasmere season has finished for 2009, but the Winter is packed full of things to do, see and make at The Wordsworth Trust. Mary and Charles Lamb. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I here present y...
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A Grasmere Journal: November 2009
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Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? Thursday, 19 November 2009. Water, water everywhere. As I sit in the workroom of the Jerwood Centre. I am distracted by the way the water is streaming down the sides of Silver How. Unmapped tricklets and ghylls that catch the sun on a bright day are now bands you can make out from this side of Grasmere through the sheets of rain. I have never found the phrase 'sheets of rain' an accurate one before now. Wednesday morning 9th December. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). CFP: NASSR...