HomeBlog The Wordsworth Blog Articles from a range of guest contributors Apr6 AuthorBook The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens David Ellis revisits Charles Dickens’ fourth novel, The Old Curiosity Shop Dickens’s novels are full of members of the older generation… Read More Mar20 AuthorBookClassic Yorkshire’s Literary Influence Does it make sense to think of writing as belonging to a particular place? Sally Minogue reflects on the influence… Read More Feb24 AuthorBookNews ‘Miss Austen’ – the BBC drama reviewed ‘She was the sun of my life, the gilder of every pleasure, the soother of every sorrow, I had not… Read More 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
