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Alexander Huber 1d ago

On this day (151 years ago), death of Eduard Mörike (1804-1875).

Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00210

#poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

Alexander Huber 2d ago

On this day (122 years ago), Jovan (Zmaj) Jovanović (1833-1904) died this day.

Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive:
https://www.romanticperiodpoetry.org/authors/#id/pers00243

#poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD

Philo Sophies 3d ago

🧬⚛️ “Science doesn’t demystify the world—it makes it more mysterious.”

In our new #Zoomposium, we speak with #sciencehistorian and #sciencecommunicator #ErnstPeterFischer.

📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/05/10/romantische-revolution/

🎥 https://youtu.be/PlXoYAQ8xV8

#HistoryOfScience #Philosophy #QuantumPhysics #Romanticism #NaturalScience #QuantumTheory #PhilosophyOfScience #Education #Culture #DescriptionOfNature #Objectivity #ScienceCommunication #Cosmos #Physics #Biology

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Assoc for Scottish Literature 3d ago

Celebrating Robert Tannahill (2024)

Dissenting from prevailing notions that label Tannahill as “sweetly sentimental”, Prof Freeman’s lecture positions him as a major poet who expanded the tradition of British “rationalist” pastoralism

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw2mnuTvcic

#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #19thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage #workingclass #romanticism #pastoral #pastoralpoetry #naturepoetry

The Paisley weaver poet and songwriter: celebrating Robert Tannahill

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Assoc for Scottish Literature 3d ago

Keen blaws the wind o’er er the Braes o’ Gleniffer.
The auld castle’s turrets are cover’d wi’ snaw;
How chang’d frae the time when I met wi’ my lover
Amang the broom bushes by Stanley green shaw…

—Robert Tannahill, “The Braes o’ Gleniffer”
published in The Works of Robert Tannahill (1838)

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#Scottish #literature #poetry #18thcentury #19thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage #workingclass #romanticism #naturepoetry