<p>An raoir, mar a gheall an sanas,<br>bha na fèidh air an rathad,<br>sùilean lainnireach an solus a chàr…</p><p>—Uilleam Nèill, “Feidh”<br>Published in Making tracks: and other poems (Gordon Wright, 1988)</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/deer/" rel="tag">#deer</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a></p>
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<p>Medieval women used falconry to subvert gender norms</p><p>by Rachel Delman</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/medieval-women-used-falconry-to-subvert-gender-norms-274374?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%203%202026%20-%203663937433&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%203%202026%20-%203663937433+CID_c95ef3e382076569833a6409852a49ff&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Medieval%20women%20used%20falconry%20to%20subvert%20gender%20norms" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/medieval-women-used-falconry-to-subvert-gender-norms-274374?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%203%202026%20-%203663937433&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%203%202026%20-%203663937433+CID_c95ef3e382076569833a6409852a49ff&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Medieval%20women%20used%20falconry%20to%20subvert%20gender%20norms"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/medieval-w</span><span class="invisible">omen-used-falconry-to-subvert-gender-norms-274374?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%203%202026%20-%203663937433&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%203%202026%20-%203663937433+CID_c95ef3e382076569833a6409852a49ff&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Medieval%20women%20used%20falconry%20to%20subvert%20gender%20norms</span></a></p><p>Ornithology at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=ornithology" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=ornithology"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=ornithology</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/ornithology/" rel="tag">#ornithology</a></p>
<p>The great American classic we’ve been misreading for 100 years<br>The Great Gatsby is more than cocktail parties and color symbolism.</p><p>by Constance Grady</p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/402406/great-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgerald-centennial-100" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.vox.com/culture/402406/great-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgerald-centennial-100"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.vox.com/culture/402406/gre</span><span class="invisible">at-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgerald-centennial-100</span></a></p><p>The Great Gatsby at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64317" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64317</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Four crabs from the cold firth<br>alive for a shilling. The largest<br>reared in the pot, in spite of<br>the fierce water, but soon<br>we cracked his limbs with our teeth<br>and wheedled with spoons and fingers<br>for the last shreds of flesh<br>from the crannies of his briny body…</p><p>—Angus Calder, “Crab”<br>from WAKING IN WAIKATO (diehard, 1997)</p><p>Angus Calder (1942–2008) – journalist, historian, editor, critic, & poet – was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 5 Feb</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/crab/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/crab/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.</span><span class="invisible">uk/poem/crab/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a></p>
<p>Toni Morrison on What Flannery O’Connor’s Short Fiction Reveals About Race in America</p><p>Considering the Role of Blackness and Black Bodies in the American Literary Canon</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/toni-morrison-on-what-flannery-oconnors-short-fiction-reveals-about-race-in-america/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/toni-morrison-on-what-flannery-oconnors-short-fiction-reveals-about-race-in-america/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/toni-morrison-on-wh</span><span class="invisible">at-flannery-oconnors-short-fiction-reveals-about-race-in-america/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Read Love Letters From Royals and Romantics Across 500 Years of British History</p><p>A new exhibition at Britain’s National Archives features a letter to Elizabeth I, Jane Austen’s will and a plea to free Oscar Wilde from prison</p><p>by Christian Thorsberg</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/read-love-letters-from-royals-and-romantics-across-500-years-of-british-history-180988119/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/read-love-letters-from-royals-and-romantics-across-500-years-of-british-history-180988119/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/read-love-letters-from-royals-and-romantics-across-500-years-of-british-history-180988119/</span></a></p><p>Shakespeare, Austen and Wilde at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/65</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/68</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/111</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Build me a bridge over the stream <br>to my neighbour’s house<br>where he is standing in dungarees <br>in the fresh morning…</p><p>—Iain Crichton Smith, “Neighbour”<br>published in NEW COLLECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 2011)</p><p><a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857549607/new-collected-poems/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857549607/new-collected-poems/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.carcanet.co.uk/97818575496</span><span class="invisible">07/new-collected-poems/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/iaincrichtonsmith/" rel="tag">#IainCrichtonSmith</a></p>
<p>The Complete Story of the Epic of Gilgamesh (Overview & Analysis)</p><p>"The Epic of Gilgamesh, recounting the adventures of the semi-divine Sumerian king, may be the world’s oldest literary work. What does the narrative say?"</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/epic-gilgamesh-overview/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/epic-gilgamesh-overview/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/epic-gilg</span><span class="invisible">amesh-overview/</span></a></p><p>Gilgamesh at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11000" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11000</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
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<p>Take Four Books: Ali Smith<br>Available on BBC Sounds.</p><p>Ali Smith speaks to Take Four Books about her latest novel, GLYPH. Together with presenter James Crawford, they explore its connections to three other literary works.</p><p>@bookstodon </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002qgmj" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002qgmj"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002</span><span class="invisible">qgmj</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/alismith/" rel="tag">#AliSmith</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1824.</p><p>Lord Byron falls ill at Missolonghi while taking part in the Greek War of Independence. He dies of fever on April 19. The Greeks mourned Lord Byron deeply, and he became a hero.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byr</span><span class="invisible">on</span></a></p><p>Books by Lord Byron at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1708" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1708"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1708</span></a></p><p>A Narrative of Lord Byron's Last Journey to Greece by Pietro Gamba (1825):<br><a href="https://catalogue.beic.it/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9926855804741&context=L&vid=39BEIC_INST:39BEIC_INST&lang=it&search_scope=Library&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=LibraryCatalog&query=any,contains,A%20Narrative%20of%20Lord%20Byron%27s%20Last%20Journey%20to%20Greece%20by%20Pietro%20Gamba%20(1825" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="catalogue.beic.it/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9926855804741&context=L&vid=39BEIC_INST:39BEIC_INST&lang=it&search_scope=Library&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=LibraryCatalog&query=any,contains,A%20Narrative%20of%20Lord%20Byron%27s%20Last%20Journey%20to%20Greece%20by%20Pietro%20Gamba%20(1825"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">catalogue.beic.it/discovery/fu</span><span class="invisible">lldisplay?docid=alma9926855804741&context=L&vid=39BEIC_INST:39BEIC_INST&lang=it&search_scope=Library&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=LibraryCatalog&query=any,contains,A%20Narrative%20of%20Lord%20Byron%27s%20Last%20Journey%20to%20Greece%20by%20Pietro%20Gamba%20(1825</span></a>)</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Examining the “Edinburgh University Coterie”: Networks of Cultural Influence in the 1790s and 1800s<br>11 Feb, Edinburgh & online. Free</p><p>Dr Amy Wilcockson’s ongoing IASH project explores a remarkable circle of Edinburgh University classmates who brought Scottish ideas, ideals & stories to the heart of British culture</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-amy-wilcockson-examining-‘edinburgh-university-coterie’-networks-cultural-influence-1790s" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-amy-wilcockson-examining-‘edinburgh-university-coterie’-networks-cultural-influence-1790s"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-amy</span><span class="invisible">-wilcockson-examining-‘edinburgh-university-coterie’-networks-cultural-influence-1790s</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1836 (dated April)</p><p>The first monthly part of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is issued in London. On April 20, the original illustrator, Robert Seymour, shoots himself and Dickens has more freedom to develop the story in his own way.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pick</span><span class="invisible">wick_Papers</span></a></p><p>The Pickwick Papers at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
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<p>"She belonged to a different age, but being so entire, so complete, would always stand up on the horizon, stone-white, eminent, like a lighthouse marking some past stage on this adventurous, long, long voyage, this interminable — this interminable life."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1915.</p><p>Virginia Woolf's first novel, The Voyage Out, is published in London by the firm of her half-brother, Gerald Duckworth.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_Out" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_Out"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voya</span><span class="invisible">ge_Out</span></a></p><p>The Voyage Out at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/144" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/144</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Literary Genius: Who Was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?</p><p>Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is the most influential German literary figure in history. Learn more about his life, science, and philosophy.</p><p>By Maysara Kamal</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/literary-genius-who-was-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/literary-genius-who-was-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/literary-</span><span class="invisible">genius-who-was-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/</span></a></p><p>Books by Goethe at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/586" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/586"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/586</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Time Interpolated</p><p>A companion essay to our partner podcast Proust Curious, hosted by Emma Claussen and Hannah Weaver.</p><p>via @lithub</p><p><a href="https://www.publicbooks.org/time-interpolated/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01JZ8JEHVTREMXDDYHMPZ4W5ZA&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.publicbooks.org/time-interpolated/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01JZ8JEHVTREMXDDYHMPZ4W5ZA&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.publicbooks.org/time-inter</span><span class="invisible">polated/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01JZ8JEHVTREMXDDYHMPZ4W5ZA&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>In Search of Lost Time at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=In+Search+of+Lost+Time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=In+Search+of+Lost+Time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=In+Search+of+Lost+Time</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>
<p>A Journey Through Dante’s Inferno: A Brief Guide</p><p>by Thom Delapa</p><p>Dante’s Inferno is hailed as a medieval masterpiece and a precursor to the Renaissance, with T.S. Eliot having ranked it alongside Shakespeare.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/journey-through-dante-inferno/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/journey-through-dante-inferno/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/journey-t</span><span class="invisible">hrough-dante-inferno/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/medieval/" rel="tag">#medieval</a></p>
<p>Book launch: THE DELUSIONS by Jenni Fagan<br>16 March, Edinburgh. Tickets from £8</p><p>Jenni Fagan launches her new novel THE DELUSIONS, a haunting dystopian vision that revolves around afterlife employee Edi’s attempts to be reunited with her deceased son.</p><p>“Brilliant, original, daring, a 1984 for the afterlife and a fabulous satire.”'<br>—Irvine Welsh</p><p><a href="https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinburgh/jenni-fagan-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinburgh/jenni-fagan-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/</span><span class="invisible">edinburgh/jenni-fagan-2026/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/jennifagan/" rel="tag">#JenniFagan</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/booklaunch/" rel="tag">#booklaunch</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/afterlife/" rel="tag">#afterlife</a></p>
<p>Alistair Braidwood speaks with Louise Welsh about her latest Rilke novel, THE CUT UP. The pair discuss the book’s central character & wider cast, the world of antiques against which the novel is set, writing violence, the importance of detail, moral ambiguity, representing the senses, the joys of writing about Glasgow, & more</p><p>@bookstodon </p><p><a href="https://www.scotswhayhae.com/post/rilke-s-return-the-scots-whay-hae-podcast-talks-to-louise-welsh" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scotswhayhae.com/post/rilke-s-return-the-scots-whay-hae-podcast-talks-to-louise-welsh"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scotswhayhae.com/post/rilk</span><span class="invisible">e-s-return-the-scots-whay-hae-podcast-talks-to-louise-welsh</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#CrimeFiction</a> <a href="/tags/glasgow/" rel="tag">#Glasgow</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a></p>
<p>Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 8 February, 1587, on the orders of Elizabeth I of England – her first cousin once removed.</p><p>Consider the way she had to go,<br>Think of the hungry snare,<br>The net she herself had woven,<br>Aware or unaware…</p><p>—Marion Angus, “Alas! Poor Queen”<br>Published in TURN OF THE DAY (1931) – online via the National Library of Scotland</p><p><a href="https://digital.nls.uk/works-by-selected-scottish-authors/archive/129159433?mode=fullsize" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="digital.nls.uk/works-by-selected-scottish-authors/archive/129159433?mode=fullsize"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digital.nls.uk/works-by-select</span><span class="invisible">ed-scottish-authors/archive/129159433?mode=fullsize</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/maryqueenofscots/" rel="tag">#MaryQueenofScots</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a></p>
<p>"Mastered by desire impulsive,<br>By a mighty inward urging,<br>I am ready now for singing,<br>Ready to begin the chanting<br>Of our nation’s ancient folk-song..."</p><p>An epic border: Finland’s poetic masterpiece, the Kalevala, has roots in 2 cultures and 2 countries</p><p>by Thomas A. DuBois</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/an-epic-border-finlands-poetic-masterpiece-the-kalevala-has-roots-in-2-cultures-and-2-countries-261444" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/an-epic-border-finlands-poetic-masterpiece-the-kalevala-has-roots-in-2-cultures-and-2-countries-261444"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/an-epic-bo</span><span class="invisible">rder-finlands-poetic-masterpiece-the-kalevala-has-roots-in-2-cultures-and-2-countries-261444</span></a></p><p>Kalevala at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Kalevala" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Kalevala"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Kalevala</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1885.</p><p>Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published in the US for the 1st time, in New York by Charles L. Webster, illustrated by E. W. Kemble, the 1st impression having been delayed for replacement of an unauthorized obscene alteration to one of the illustrative plates. Its first-person narrative in colloquial language is initially controversial but ultimately influential in the development of realism in American literature.</p><p>At PG<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/76" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/76</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>You might forget the exact sound of her voice<br>or how her face looked when sleeping.<br>You might forget the sound of her quiet weeping<br>curled into the shape of a half moon…</p><p>—Jackie Kay, “Darling”<br>published in DARLING (Bloodaxe, 2007)</p><p><a href="https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/darling-877" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/darling-877"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/prod</span><span class="invisible">uct/darling-877</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/jackiekay/" rel="tag">#JackieKay</a> <a href="/tags/grief/" rel="tag">#grief</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#death</a></p>
<p>"The name of the one was Obstinate and the name of the other Pliable."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1678.</p><p>The first part of English nonconformist John Bunyan's Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, partly written while he was imprisoned for unlicensed preaching, is published in London.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim%27s_Progress" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim%27s_Progress"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilg</span><span class="invisible">rim%27s_Progress</span></a></p><p>The Pilgrim's Progress at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1823 novelist Ann Radcliffe died.</p><p>She "was an English novelist who pioneered the Gothic novel, and a minor poet. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, was published in 1794.... Her novels combine suspenseful narratives, exotic historical settings, and apparently-supernatural events."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radc</span><span class="invisible">liffe</span></a></p><p>Books by Radcliffe at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1147" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1147"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1147</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Call for papers<br>The Incredible Nineteenth Century: Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Fairy Tale<br>1–2 May, free online</p><p>Presentations invited on any aspect of science fiction, fantasy, or fairy tale in the long 19th century as well as modern reinterpretations of the 19th century in literature & media. Deadline 4 April.</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciz7ZLd8jRxjMF05TQCf2UGuNmYFN_4N0Whs4jgWZaYVDVXQ/viewform?pli=1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciz7ZLd8jRxjMF05TQCf2UGuNmYFN_4N0Whs4jgWZaYVDVXQ/viewform?pli=1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI</span><span class="invisible">pQLSciz7ZLd8jRxjMF05TQCf2UGuNmYFN_4N0Whs4jgWZaYVDVXQ/viewform?pli=1</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fairytale/" rel="tag">#fairytale</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/steampunk/" rel="tag">#steampunk</a> <a href="/tags/callforpapers/" rel="tag">#callforpapers</a></p>