Renée Vivien was an English poet who published her first two books under the pseudonym "R. Vivien." This and the sapphic nature of her poems resulted in her and her partner, Natalie Barney, having to stifle their giggles at a misreading by the lecturer assuming Vivien was male. #LitHistory
Lit. History Q&A Series: Chaucer’s Use of the London Dialect Underscores his Significance in the History Of English Literature.
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Hemingway in 1939
On This Day: July 2, 1961
Ernest Hemingway died. The Nobel-winning author of The Old Man and the Sea, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and so much more. Gone, but still everywhere you look. (Particularly if you look for tortured teenagers in a high school English classroom) #OnThisDay #LitHistory #Hemingway
The novelist George Sand was photographed by Nadar, who took a series of photos of the writer in March 1864.
On This Day: July 1, 1804
George Sand was born. French novelist, memoirist, and literary firebrand. She blazed trails in feminist literature and romantic realism. Also, ask Chopin how much she shaped a genius because he may not have made it without her. #OnThisDay #LitHistory #GeorgeSand #Chopin
Picture of George Orwell which appears in an old accreditation for the BNUJ.
On This Day: June 25
In 1903, George Orwell was born. Without him, we’d have no Big Brother, no Newspeak, no doublethink, no Animal Farm. I'm not sure he'd want to be as relevant as he is 122 years on. I sure wish he wasn't. #OnThisDay #GeorgeOrwell #LitHistory #BookNerd
Sherlock Holmes
Mary Cassatt
Richard Wagner
On This Day: May 22
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Cassatt, and Richard Wagner all share this birthday. Imagine Sherlock Holmes painted in Impressionist light, solving cases in the middle of a Wagner opera.
The collaboration we deserved.
#OnThisDay #LitHistory #ArtHistory #MusicHistory #BirthdayClub
Photo of Dylan Thomas seated and smoking a cigarette
It’s International Dylan Thomas Day.
Celebrated each year on May 14 to honor the Welsh poet whose work turned breath and sound into scripture.
Raise a glass. Read a stanza. Do not go gentle.
#OnThisDay #DylanThomas #Poetry #UnderMilkWood #LitHistory
🔥Poet, Rebel, Legend: Lord Byron🔥
#AuthorOfTheDay #LordByron #Romanticism
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Poetic feud of the day: Byron vs. Keats.
Byron called Keats’ work “mental masturbation.” Keats hated Byron’s arrogance. After Keats died young of tuberculosis, Byron mocked him in Don Juan for being too delicate for the world. Peak petty, literary edition. #LitHistory #PoetryFeuds #LordByron #Keats
