literature

118d

<p>“No Extra Words“ – The Scottish Poet Norman MacCaig (1910–1996)<br>16 Dec, free online</p><p>Anette Degott looks at the life & work of Norman MacCaig<br>via Scotland HUB at Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scotland/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scotland/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/read</span><span class="invisible">ing-scotland/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/normanmaccaig/" rel="tag">#NormanMacCaig</a></p>

Reading Scotland with Anette Degott

“No Extra Words“ – The Scottish Poet Norman MacCaig (1910–1996)

Tuesday, 16th December 2025
6.00–7.30 pm (German time) on MS Teams

www.scotland.uni-mainz.de

0 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original

114d

<p>jollymerry<br>hollyberry<br>jollyberry<br>merryholly<br>happyjolly<br>jollyjelly<br>jellybelly<br>bellymerry<br>hollyheppy<br>jollyMolly<br>marryJerry<br>merryHarry<br>hoppyBarry<br>heppyJarry<br>bobbyheppy<br>berryjorry…</p><p>—Edwin Morgan, “The Computer’s First Christmas Card”<br>first published in THE SECOND LIFE (Edinburgh University Press, 1968)</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/concretepoetry/" rel="tag">#concretepoetry</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/edwinmorgan/" rel="tag">#EdwinMorgan</a> <a href="/tags/christmas/" rel="tag">#Christmas</a> <a href="/tags/christmascard/" rel="tag">#ChristmasCard</a> <a href="/tags/computer/" rel="tag">#computer</a></p>

(written in bright green text, in a monospaced font on a black background, to emulate an old CRT computer monitor)

The Computer's First Christmas Card
by Edwin Morgan

jollymerry
hollyberry
jollyberry
merryholly
happyjolly
jollyjelly
jellybelly
bellymerry
hollyheppy
jollyMolly
marryJerry
merryHarry
hoppyBarry
heppyJarry
bobbyheppy
berryjorry
jorryjolly
moppyjelly
Mollymerry
Jerryjolly
bellyboppy
jorryhoppy
hollymoppy
Barrymerry
Jarryhappy
happyboppy
boppyjolly
jollymerry
merrymerry
merrymerry
merryChris
ammerryasa
Chrismerry
asMERRYCHR
YSANTHEMUM

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

132d

<p>Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through his Sherlock Holmes stories</p><p>Many of Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories examine male characters facing emotional catastrophe, betrayal and moral dilemmas.</p><p>by Emma Linford</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/arthur-conan-doyle-explored-mens-mental-health-through-his-sherlock-holmes-stories-246728?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2026%202025%20-%203594036692&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2026%202025%20-%203594036692+CID_fa1700c951d65f231bfdf9e15bf4362e&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Arthur%20Conan%20Doyle%20explored%20mens%20mental%20health%20through%20his%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20stories" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/arthur-conan-doyle-explored-mens-mental-health-through-his-sherlock-holmes-stories-246728?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2026%202025%20-%203594036692&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2026%202025%20-%203594036692+CID_fa1700c951d65f231bfdf9e15bf4362e&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Arthur%20Conan%20Doyle%20explored%20mens%20mental%20health%20through%20his%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20stories"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/arthur-con</span><span class="invisible">an-doyle-explored-mens-mental-health-through-his-sherlock-holmes-stories-246728?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2026%202025%20-%203594036692&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2026%202025%20-%203594036692+CID_fa1700c951d65f231bfdf9e15bf4362e&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Arthur%20Conan%20Doyle%20explored%20mens%20mental%20health%20through%20his%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20stories</span></a></p><p>Conan Doyle at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/69</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Arthur Conan Doyle in 1914

by Walter Benington

Conan Doyle is seen from the chest up, seated and angled slightly to his left while looking directly at the camera.

He wears a dark suit with a high-collared shirt and tie, and his neatly groomed mustache is prominent. His hair is combed back, and the lighting highlights the contours of his face.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle#/media/File:Arthur_Conan_Doyle_by_Walter_Benington,_1914.png

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

131d

<p>“From Scotland to the World”: The Poetry of Hope Mirrlees, Helen Adam, Muriel Spark, & Veronica Forrest-Thomson<br>—Dorothy McMillan, HUMANITIES 8/4, 2019</p><p>Dorothy McMillan discusses four 20th-century women writers “poised… between Scotland and Modernism”</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/8/4/184" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/8/4/184</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/modernism/" rel="tag">#modernism</a></p>

Abstract

The four poets that provide the material for this chapter did not know each other and they probably did not know each other’s work. However, they had important formative experiences in common: They were all educated in Scotland and they all left Scotland after that early education. Yet, they all retained special, although different, ties to that country, to its history, and its writing. They were all “modern” in their poetry, sometimes bizarrely so: Of each of them it could be said, “There was no one like her.” This strangeness they also share, as they share a willingness, even desire, to shock, a muddling of contemporary and archaic, of real and legendary. Veronica Forrest-Thomson’s “Hold on to your seat-belt Persephone” is an indicative phrase. I aim to show that these serially inimitable modern writers have complicated and intertwined Scottish and international connections.

Keywords: Scotland; ballads; kaleidoscope; Charles Bernstein; Edwin Morgan

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

132d

<p>Typographica Scoto-Gadelica: Scottish Gaelic Typographic Visual Identity through Print & Book Culture<br>3 Dec, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye, & online – free</p><p>Visual identity of language – the use of distinct characters, diacritics, & conventions – is a key factor in cultural identity & national heritage. This talk will explore Scottish Gaelic’s contemporary visual identity.</p><p><a href="https://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/edwin-pickstone/?lang=en" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/edwin-pickstone/?lang=en"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/edwin-pickst</span><span class="invisible">one/?lang=en</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/bookhistory/" rel="tag">#BookHistory</a> <a href="/tags/printing/" rel="tag">#printing</a> <a href="/tags/typography/" rel="tag">#typography</a> <a href="/tags/identity/" rel="tag">#identity</a> <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#design</a></p>

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

114d

<p>The Many Primes of Muriel Spark<br>First broadcast in 2018. Available on BBC iPlayer until 27 December.</p><p>Kirsty Wark celebrates the life and work of Dame Muriel Spark, author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and one of the twentieth century’s most enigmatic cultural figures.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09qlx14" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09qlx14"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09ql</span><span class="invisible">x14</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/murielspark/" rel="tag">#MurielSpark</a></p>

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

132d

<p>Creative Conversations: Kristie de Garis<br>1 Dec, University of Glasgow & online – free</p><p>Kristie de Garis’s Drystone: A Life Rebuilt is unflinchingly honest and unexpectedly funny. A story about the weight of the past, resilience and the hard work of living on your own terms.</p><p>Some things may never change. What matters is the life you build anyway.</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-conversations-kristie-de-garis-tickets-1828297881179" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-conversations-kristie-de-garis-tickets-1828297881179"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creativ</span><span class="invisible">e-conversations-kristie-de-garis-tickets-1828297881179</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/drystonewalling/" rel="tag">#drystoneWalling</a></p>

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."<br>The History of Rasselas</p><p>British author, linguist & lexicographer Samuel Johnson was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1709.</p><p>Johnson’s most famous achievement is his Dictionary, which was the first major comprehensive dictionary of English. It became the standard reference work for decades and influenced the way dictionaries were compiled.</p><p>Samuel Johnson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/297"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/297</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Johnson (1775) showing his intense concentration and the weakness of his eyes; he did not want to be depicted as "Blinking Sam". This unique portrait showing his nearsightedness is in the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

3 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, poet and political activist Katherine Anne Porter died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1980.</p><p>Her 1962 novel Ship of Fools was the best-selling novel in America that year, but her short stories received much more critical acclaim. In 1966, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the U.S. National Book Award for The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherin</span><span class="invisible">e_Anne_Porter</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Katherine Anne Porter in 1930.

Porter’s expression is serious, calm, and reflective, suggesting both intelligence and introspection. Her eyes, often described as piercing in photographs, convey a sense of intensity and focus, as if she is lost in thought or quietly observing something beyond the camera’s frame.

She is dressed in the fashion of the time, typically wearing a simple, elegant dress or blouse, which exudes an understated sophistication.

Porter’s hair is often worn in a short, bobbed style, fashionable in the 1920s and 1930s, further symbolizing her modernity and independence.

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

129d

<p>The Little White Rose<br>(To John Gawsworth)</p><p>The rose of all the world is not for me.<br>I want for my part<br>Only the little white rose of Scotland<br>That smells sharp and sweet—and breaks the heart.</p><p>—Hugh MacDiarmid, “The Little White Rose”</p><p>A poem for St Andrew’s Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 </p><p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46800/the-little-white-rose" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46800/the-little-white-rose"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.poetryfoundation.org/poems</span><span class="invisible">/46800/the-little-white-rose</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/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> <a href="/tags/hughmacdiarmid/" rel="tag">#HughMacDiarmid</a> <a href="/tags/standrewsday/" rel="tag">#StAndrewsDay</a></p>

A small spray of white Scottish roses, some open, some just beginning to bud. Prickly stems bearing neat, fern-like, dark green foliage carry cupped, single, creamy-white flowers with pale yellow centres.

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

129d

<p>100 years on, T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men is a poem for our populist moment</p><p>His 1925 poem "The Hollow Men," published 100 years ago, bridges the nihilism of "The Waste Land" (1922) and his spiritual rebirth, reflecting his evolving faith journey.</p><p>by Luke Johnson</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/100-years-on-t-s-eliots-the-hollow-men-is-a-poem-for-our-populist-moment-269487" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/100-years-on-t-s-eliots-the-hollow-men-is-a-poem-for-our-populist-moment-269487"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/100-years-</span><span class="invisible">on-t-s-eliots-the-hollow-men-is-a-poem-for-our-populist-moment-269487</span></a></p><p>Eliot at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/599</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>

T.S. Eliot with his sister and his cousin

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1934

The photograph is a vintage black-and-white snapshot from 1934, taken outdoors in what appears to be a garden or courtyard with tall brick buildings in the background. Three people sit at a table set for tea.

On the left, Eliot in a suit sits facing the camera, hands resting on the table. In the center, Eliot's cousin wearing a dark coat and hat sits slightly turned to the side, holding a cane. On the right, Eliot's sister in a patterned dress looks downward, her expression quiet and reserved.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot#/media/File:Thomas_Stearns_Eliot_by_Lady_Ottoline_Morrell_(1934).jpg

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

127d

<p>Literary Maps: Real Maps for Imaginary Places</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/12/literary-maps-your-imaginary-guide-to-famous-fictional-places/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/12/literary-maps-your-imaginary-guide-to-famous-fictional-places/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/12/lite</span><span class="invisible">rary-maps-your-imaginary-guide-to-famous-fictional-places/</span></a></p><p>Treasure Island at PG: </p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Treasure+Island" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Treasure+Island"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Treasure+Island</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Part of Robert Louis Stevenson's map of Treasure Island

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

127d

<p>“Helen Adam marched through her life to the beat of her own drum”<br>—Kristin Prevallet</p><p>Helen Adam (1909–1993) – fey child prodigy (published by Faber & Faber at 14) & daughter of the manse; bardic matriarch of the San Francisco Beats; Worm Queen – was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 2 Dec. </p><p>A 🎂🧵</p><p>1/7</p><p><a href="https://caesuramag.org/posts/kristin-prevallet-poems-by-helen-adam" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="caesuramag.org/posts/kristin-prevallet-poems-by-helen-adam"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">caesuramag.org/posts/kristin-p</span><span class="invisible">revallet-poems-by-helen-adam</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#gothic</a> <a href="/tags/supernatural/" rel="tag">#supernatural</a> <a href="/tags/ballads/" rel="tag">#ballads</a> <a href="/tags/sanfrancisco/" rel="tag">#SanFrancisco</a> <a href="/tags/beatpoets/" rel="tag">#BeatPoets</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Edited 127d ago

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>Australian writer Miles Franklin died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1954.</p><p>She is best known for her pioneering novel "My Brilliant Career". She was an outspoken advocate for women's rights and played a key role in advancing Australian literature, particularly through her contributions to the depiction of rural life in Australia. The Miles Franklin Award was set up according to the her will.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Franklin" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Franklin"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Fr</span><span class="invisible">anklin</span></a></p><p>Books by Miles Franklin at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4051" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4051"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/4051</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of Miles Franklin.

Franklin is frequently shown with a composed, thoughtful expression, indicative of her intellectual depth and dedication to her craft. Her gaze is direct, often looking slightly away from the camera or artist, which gives her an air of contemplation and seriousness. Her eyes convey both determination and introspection, qualities that defined her literary and social activism.

Franklin is typically dressed modestly but with an air of sophistication, often in the styles of the late 19th or early 20th centuries. Whether in a simple blouse or high-collared dress, her clothing underscores her no-nonsense attitude towards her work and life.

Franklin's hair is usually styled in a manner fitting the period, often pinned up or in a short, practical cut. She is not heavily adorned with jewelry or accessories, which reflects her pragmatic, feminist ideals and her rejection of conventional, restrictive norms for women at the time.

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>"A poet of one mood in all my lays,<br>Ranging all life to sing my only love,<br>Like a west wind across the world I move,<br>Sweeping my harp of floods mine own wild way."</p><p>British writer and poet Alice Meynell was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1847.</p><p>She was considered for the position of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom twice, first in 1892 on the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and later in 1913 on the death of Alfred Austin, but was never appointed to the position.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/546" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/546"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/546</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Alice Meynell in 1912

Published by Herder, MO, USA - https://archive.org/details/poetschantry00bregiala

In the portrait, Meynell is depicted as an elegant woman in her early fifties, with a composed and introspective expression. Her features are soft yet defined, capturing her intellectual depth and delicate beauty. She has an oval-shaped face, with high cheekbones and expressive eyes that give her a thoughtful, almost meditative look.

Meynell’s hair is styled in the fashion of the time, pulled back neatly and coiled into a bun.

She is dressed in a high-collared blouse or dress, typical of early 20th-century women's fashion.

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>French writer Juliette Adam was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1836.</p><p>She gave an account of her childhood, rendered unhappy by the dissensions of her parents, in Le roman de mon enfance et de ma jeunesse. She published in 1858 her Idées antiproudhoniennes sur l'amour, la femme et le mariage, in defense of Daniel Stern (pen name of Marie d'Agoult) and George Sand.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Adam" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Adam"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette</span><span class="invisible">_Adam</span></a></p><p>Books by Juliette Adams at PG:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Adam" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Adam"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette</span><span class="invisible">_Adam</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Photograph of Juliette Adam (1836–1936) French author and feminist.

Nadar — Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie

In this photograph, Adam is captured in a dignified, poised manner that reflects her strength and intellectual presence. Her attire and posture convey a sense of elegance and authority, which was typical of portraits of prominent women during this time period. Nadar, famous for his portraits of notable individuals, captured her with a soft focus and lighting that emphasizes her facial features, giving her an air of wisdom and intensity.

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1802.</p><p>The Edinburgh Review, a reforming quarterly, is first published.</p><p>Among the most notable of the foreign publications it observed was Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality, which Adam Smith reviewed in the journal's second and final issue, published in March 1756.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Review" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Review"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburg</span><span class="invisible">h_Review</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

The Edinburgh review

Related Names
Smith, Sydney, 1771-1845.
Language(s)
English
Published
Edinburgh : A. and C. Black, 1803-1929
Note
Sydney Smith, though not formally an editor, superintended the first three numbers. Cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 53, p. 120
Imprint varies
Title from caption
Also issued online
Bancroft AQ E4: From the Reinhard S. Speck Collection of Harriet Martineau

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000530182

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1869.</p><p>Model, poet and artist Elizabeth Siddal (d. 1862) is exhumed at Highgate Cemetery in London in order to recover the manuscript of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Poems buried with her.</p><p>Rossetti then published the contents in Poems (1870). These became part of Rossetti's sonnet sequence entitled The House of Life. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Siddal#After_Siddal's_death" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Siddal#After_Siddal's_death"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabet</span><span class="invisible">h_Siddal#After_Siddal's_death</span></a></p><p>The House of Life at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3692" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3692</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>

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Portrait of Elizabeth Siddal 1854

Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Marsh, Jan (1996). The Pre-Raphaelites: Their Lives in Letters and Diaries. London: Collins & Brown

In the portrait, Siddal is shown with her characteristic long, flowing red hair, which became a hallmark of Rossetti's paintings. Her features are soft but marked by a melancholy or introspective expression, reflecting the delicate and enigmatic quality she embodied in much of Rossetti’s work. The artist’s use of line and color accentuates her pale complexion and ethereal beauty, while her elongated neck and serene posture give her an almost otherworldly grace.

Rossetti’s portrayal of Siddal in this piece emphasizes her as an idealized figure of beauty and fragility, embodying the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of the "tragic muse." Siddal was often depicted by Rossetti in this way, reflecting both her personal struggles with illness and her symbolic role in his artistic vision.

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>American illustrator, author and naturalist William Hamilton Gibson was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1850.</p><p>Gibson illustrated S. A. Drake's In the Heart of the White Mountains, and E. P. Roe's Nature's Serial Story; and his own books, The Complete American Trapper; Pastoral Days; Highways and Byways; Happy Hunting Grounds; Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine; Sharp Eyes; and My Studio Neighbours.</p><p>Books illustrated or by W. Hamilton Gibson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=W.+Hamilton+Gibson&submit_search=Go%21" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=W.+Hamilton+Gibson&submit_search=Go%21"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=W.+Hamilton+Gibson&submit_search=Go%21</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/illustrations/" rel="tag">#illustrations</a></p>

Harvested from the Book "William Hamilton Gibson; artist--naturalist--author" (1901) by John Coleman Adams. This is the frontispiece from the book. The book is in the public domain and scans can be found at https://archive.org/details/williamhamiltong00adam

CONWAY MEADOWS. By W. HAMILTON GIBSON

Engraved by W. H. Morse

In: The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery by Samuel Adams Drake

Available at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42447

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

128d

<p>When the day-birds have settled<br>in their creaking trees,<br>the doors of the forest open<br>for the flitting<br>drift of deer<br>among the bright croziers<br>of new ferns<br>and the legible stars…</p><p>—Robin Robertson, “What the Horses See at Night”<br>published in SAILING THE FOREST: Selected Poems (Picador, 2014)</p><p><a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/robin-robertson/sailing-the-forest/9781447231554" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.panmacmillan.com/authors/robin-robertson/sailing-the-forest/9781447231554"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.panmacmillan.com/authors/r</span><span class="invisible">obin-robertson/sailing-the-forest/9781447231554</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/naturewriting/" rel="tag">#naturewriting</a> <a href="/tags/naturepoetry/" rel="tag">#naturepoetry</a></p>

What the Horses See at Night
by Robin Robertson

When the day-birds have settled
in their creaking trees,
the doors of the forest open
for the flitting
drift of deer
among the bright croziers
of new ferns
and the legible stars;
foxes stream from the earth;
a tawny owl
frisks the long meadow.
In a slink of river-light,
the mink’s face
is already slippery with yolk,
and the bay’s
tiny islands are drops
of solder
under a drogue moon.
The sea’s a heavy sleeper,
dreaming in and out with a catch
in each breath, and is not disturbed

by that plowt – the first
in a play of herring, a shoal
silvering open
the sheeted black skin of the sea.
Through the starting rain, the moon
skirrs across the sky dragging
torn shreds of cloud behind.
The fox’s call is red
and ribboned
in the snow’s white shadow.
The horses watch the sea climb
and climb and walk
towards them on the hill,
hear the vole
crying under the alder,
our children
breathing slowly in their beds.

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

128d

<p>Robert Burns & the Glenriddell Manuscripts<br>22 January 2026, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh – free</p><p>Discover the incredible story of the Glenriddell Manuscripts – the largest collection of Robert Burns’s original writings in the world.</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-burns-and-the-glenriddell-manuscripts-tickets-1975276014733" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-burns-and-the-glenriddell-manuscripts-tickets-1975276014733"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-</span><span class="invisible">burns-and-the-glenriddell-manuscripts-tickets-1975276014733</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/robertburns/" rel="tag">#RobertBurns</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/song/" rel="tag">#song</a> <a href="/tags/letters/" rel="tag">#letters</a> <a href="/tags/manuscripts/" rel="tag">#manuscripts</a></p>

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

113d

<p>goodk kkkkk unjam ingwe nches lass? start again goodk<br>lassw enche sking start again kings tart! again sorry…</p><p>—Edwin Morgan, “The Computer’s Second Christmas Card”<br>published in COLLECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 1990)</p><p><a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857541885/collected-poems/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857541885/collected-poems/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.carcanet.co.uk/97818575418</span><span class="invisible">85/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/concretepoetry/" rel="tag">#concretepoetry</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/computing/" rel="tag">#computing</a> <a href="/tags/edwinmorgan/" rel="tag">#EdwinMorgan</a></p>

(written in bright green text, in a monospaced font on a black background, to emulate an old CRT computer monitor; the text is divided up into blocks of five letters each)

The Computer's Second Christmas Card
by Edwin Morgan

goodk kkkkk unjam ingwe nches lass? start again goodk
lassw enche sking start again kings tart! again sorry
goodk ingwe ncesl ooked outas thef? unmix asloo kedou
tonth effff rewri tenow goodk ingwe ncesl asloo kedou
tonth effff fffff unjam feast ofsai ntste venst efanc
utsai ntrew ritef easto fstep toeso rryan dsons orry!
start again good? yesgo odkin gwenc eslas looke dout?
doubt wrong track start again goodk ingwe ncesl asloo
kedou tonth efeas tofst ephph phphp hphph unjam phphp
repea tunja mhphp scrub carol hphph repea tscru bcaro
lstop subst itute track merry chris tmasa ndgoo dnewy
earin 1699? check digit banks orryi n1966 endme ssage

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

113d

<p>Marking the centenary of the birth of journalist, author, & native Gaelic speaker Finlay J. Macdonald (1925–1987), the BBC has commissioned John Urquhart to make Gaelic translations of a series of readings recorded by Macdonald for Radio 4</p><p><a href="https://www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/articles/40837-celebrating-the-work-of-finlay-j-macdonald" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/articles/40837-celebrating-the-work-of-finlay-j-macdonald"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.welovestornoway.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/articles/40837-celebrating-the-work-of-finlay-j-macdonald</span></a></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/hebrides/" rel="tag">#Hebrides</a></p>

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist Albert Robida died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1926.</p><p>He was an early pioneer of science fiction and founding father of science fiction art. He edited and published La Caricature magazine for 12 years. Through the 1880s, he wrote an acclaimed trilogy of futuristic novels. In the 1900s he created 520 illustrations for Pierre Giffard's weekly serial La Guerre Infernale.</p><p>Albert Robida at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1043" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1043"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1043</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a></p>

Notre-Dame de Paris. Illustration by Albert Robida published in Le Rire, no. 382, “À l'occasion du centenaire de Victor Hugo”, March 1, 1902.

Albert Rodida - La Vie Electrique

Map flanked by vignettes of major cities. Includes notes. Published as a supplement of La Caricature. Map of Europe with cartoon-like allegorical and human figures representing individual countries.

Albert Robida — https://id.lib.harvard.edu/curiosity/scanned-maps/44-990142735370203941

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1893.</p><p>Finley Peter Dunne introduces the fictional character Mr. Dooley in the Chicago Evening Post.</p><p>Dunne's essays contain the bartender's commentary on various topics (often national or international affairs). They became extremely popular during the 1898 Spanish–American War and remained so afterwards; they are collected in several books. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Dooley" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Dooley"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Dool</span><span class="invisible">ey</span></a></p><p>Books by Finley Peter Dunne at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1559" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1559"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1559</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Drawing of the fictional bartender Mr. Dooley and his customer Hennessy.

E. W. Kemble (1861–1933) - Mr. Dooley's Philosophy, frontispiece https://books.google.pt/books?id=yqhaAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA241&dq=mr+dooley+hennessy&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Dooley (right) and Hennessy, by E. W. Kemble (1900)

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

Previous Page Next Page