A poem that I read today by Mac
This and the Nut-Brown Maid are two of Percy's most famous: https://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/poetry ... spens.html
Here's the opening poem of Night Thoughts (Edward Young): https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/ ... mmortality
Here's Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/ ... churchyard
ANd here's a full text of Ossian (which is poems in prose): https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems_of_Ossian . As for Ossian, I have somewhere a good article on Macpherson's actual antiquarian work in SCotland. Johnson of course hated all things SCottish. 3rd century seems silly, but there were oral "fragments," that much seems clear, out of which he built his text. There was a textual basis, as in Finland (and say Estonia).
This all helped set the stage, 1742-1765ish, for the British Romantic explosion. Blake illustrated Young, 1795-1797.
Cheers,
John
Here's the opening poem of Night Thoughts (Edward Young): https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/ ... mmortality
Here's Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/ ... churchyard
ANd here's a full text of Ossian (which is poems in prose): https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems_of_Ossian . As for Ossian, I have somewhere a good article on Macpherson's actual antiquarian work in SCotland. Johnson of course hated all things SCottish. 3rd century seems silly, but there were oral "fragments," that much seems clear, out of which he built his text. There was a textual basis, as in Finland (and say Estonia).
This all helped set the stage, 1742-1765ish, for the British Romantic explosion. Blake illustrated Young, 1795-1797.
Cheers,
John
A rainy day would suit Ossian to a t!
Glad you enjoyed the Young and the Gray. Procrastination indeed!
You might just enjoy dipping into my Outline of Romanticism in the West, which is free online for download. If you fancy a look, may I recommend just the introduction? Though Chapter One is fun IMO, it covers twelve national traditions, with extracts and translations: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/book ... 7/obp.0302
Cheers,
John
Glad you enjoyed the Young and the Gray. Procrastination indeed!
You might just enjoy dipping into my Outline of Romanticism in the West, which is free online for download. If you fancy a look, may I recommend just the introduction? Though Chapter One is fun IMO, it covers twelve national traditions, with extracts and translations: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/book ... 7/obp.0302
Cheers,
John
Yes, I did dip into your book John when you first posted the link. I admire and respect your comparative studies of Romanticism. As you argue, the context and understanding of Romanticism cannot be limited by national borders. After all, many of the Romantics were also travellers!
They were indeed! Starting with Keats, Byron, and Shelley of course, who all died overseas, but also Wordsworth in Revolutionary France and Coleridge with his debts to Schelling. There's really no getting away from it.
Thanks for dipping into the book! That's the advantage of free downloads.
Cheers,
John
Thanks for dipping into the book! That's the advantage of free downloads.
Cheers,
John
Noted Nash was about the forum, someone who influenced my folktale writing, so here is a poem I remember by him:
https://threedropspoetry.co.uk/2015/01/ ... hn-c-nash/
https://threedropspoetry.co.uk/2015/01/ ... hn-c-nash/