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Alexander Huber 14h ago

OTD, death of Mary Tighe (1772-1810) and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).

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#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Alexander Huber 2d ago

On this date 194 years ago, death of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).

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#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

Alexander Huber 3d ago

On this day, Robert Southey (1774-1843) died this day.

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#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

palimpseste_bot 4d ago

Ay, I have ascended the Furca,—the summit of St. Gothard. These sublime, incomparable scenes of nature will ever stand before my eye. Ay, I have read the Roman history in order to gain from the comparison a distinct and vivid feeling what a thoroughly miserable being I am.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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#romanticism #novel #nature #bookstodon #books #literature

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FID Anglo-American Culture 5d ago

Maybe a trip to the #LakeDistrict next? Joanna E. Taylor & Ian N. Gregory present this innovative, interdisciplinary study bringing together #LiteraryStudies on #Literature & #History of the Lake District 1622-1900, with tools from geography & #digitalhumanities

#spatialhumanities #Romanticism

Alexander Huber 5d ago

This day 142 years ago: death of Elias Lönnrot (1802-1884).

Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00731

#c19th #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OnThisDay #OTD

scholar_farmer 5d ago

I energized my students through a group project -- a lot of laughter today! For our #Romanticism unit, I chose different years and gave them the wikipedia listings of musical events & compositions for each. From that they choose 2 or 3 works & develop a context (biographical, but also social/political/philosophical/aesthetic) & provide at least one art work & one poem or short story that frames the context. The ask: what does "Romantic" show; what does it obscure? #ClassicalMusic #Pedagogy

Andrew Shields 5d ago

Goethe’s illness metaphor and Schiller’s chronic illness. #111Words #JohannWolfgangVonGoethe #FriedrichSchiller #Classicism #Romanticism #Illness #Metaphor #Malaria #Pneumonia #Tuberculosis https://111-words.ghost.io/goethes-illness-metaphor-and-schillers-chronic-illness/

Goethe’s illness metaphor and Schiller’s chronic illness

In my conversation with my daughter about Germanophone literary history last night, I recalled a remark by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) in an 1829 conversation with Johann Peter Eckermann (1792-1854): "Das Klassische nenne ich das Gesunde und das Romantische das Kranke" ("For me, the classic is healthy and the

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