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Monthly Archives: February 2020
Keats’ Hair
From the deceased’s author’s skull, we turn today to the deceased’s author’s hair. In 1855, in Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine, English essayist and poet Leigh Hunt is recorded describing hair as ‘the most delicate and lasting of all … Continue reading
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Tagged Fanny Brawne, history of reading, John Keats, Joseph Severn, Keats-Shelley Memorial House Rome, Keats’ Hair, Keats’ House Hampstead, Leigh Hunt, literary landmark, literary landscape, literary museums, literary pilgrimage, literary tourism, literary tourist, love of literature, Nicola Watson The Author's Effects, Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Series 4: Burns’ Skull
Today I am in leafy Alloway, Scotland, the birth place of Robert Burns. Despite the prettiness of this quaint and picturesque village, I have come to feast my eyes upon something entirely morbid. I am here to visit the Burns … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Nasmyth, Archibald Blacklock, Burns Birthplace Museum, Burns Mausoleum Committee, Burns’ Face, Burns’ Sculpture, Dorothy Wordsworth, George Combe, history of reading, James Bogie, Jean Armour, John Forbes Mitchell, John McDiarmid, John Syme, literary landmark, literary landscape, literary museums, literary pilgrimage, literary tourism, literary tourist, love of literature, Nicola Watson The Author's Effects, Phrenological Development of Robert Burns, phrenology, Professor Caroline Wilkinson, Robert Burns, Robert Burns’ Skull, Sir John Steell, St Michael’s Churchyard Dumfries, University of Dundee, William Grierson, William Wordsworth
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