HomeBlog The Wordsworth Blog Articles from a range of guest contributors Feb16 AuthorBook Charlotte Brontë and ‘Villette’ in Context On first publication in 1853 Villette received a rather varied reception, and did not achieve the same level of success… Read More Jan31 AuthorBookPoetry Blogs I am the eye with which the Universe, Beholds itself and knows itself divine Mia Rocquemore reflects on time and nature in the poetry of Shelley The most famous of Shelley’s poems describes the… Read More Jan13 AuthorBookPoetry Blogs ‘There was no possibility of taking a walk that day’[1] To celebrate midwinter, Sally Minogue looks at some of the ways writers have drawn inspiration from winter weather. As I… Read More Jan4 AuthorBook New release: The Sun Also Rises The hard-boiled paradox: Stefania Ciocia looks into her soft spot for Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises “How did you go… Read More Dec22 AuthorBookNews Woman of Stone M.R. James, Mark Gatiss, and the Evolution of the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas Woman of Stone ‘The ghost is… Read More Dec17 AuthorBookClassic ‘The great floodgates of the wonder-world swung open’ Sally Minogue examines the ‘wonder-world’ of Herman Melville’s great novel Moby Dick. ‘Call me Ishmael’: is there a more famous… Read More
