Lucy Newlyn Bücher

Exploring the complexities of Milton's work, this book delves into the Romantic era's varied interpretations of "Paradise Lost," highlighting the ambiguous portrayals of angels and devils. It analyzes how figures like Coleridge and Wordsworth responded to the text in light of the French Revolution, while also examining the origins of evil through the lenses of Godwin, Blake, and the Shelleys. Additionally, it addresses representations of female sexuality through Eve, culminating in a discussion of Blake's interpretation and insights from prose writers like De Quincey and Wollstonecraft.

Focusing on Thomas's reaction to the countryside, this volume features a comprehensive introduction that offers biographical insights, details the circumstances of its creation, and contextualizes its themes historically. Each work is accompanied by a headnote to clarify its significance, along with extensive annotations to enhance understanding of Thomas's intricate prose.

The book explores the interplay between materialist and idealist perspectives on reading during the Romantic period (1790-1830). It delves into how readers were conceptualized in poetry and criticism, analyzing models of canon-formation, intertextuality, and reader-response. The work also highlights the social dynamics of reading, including reading-coteries and copyright reforms, while addressing the philosophical and ideological influences of the time. Notably, it emphasizes the rise of women's poetry and its impact on literary reception, including non-canonical writers.

A wonderfully accessible handbook to the art of writing and reading poetry--itself written entirely in verse How does poetry work? What should readers notice and look out for? Poet Lucy Newlyn demystifies the principles of the form, effortlessly illustrating key approaches and terms--all through her own original verse. Each poem exemplifies an aspect of poetic craft--but read together they suggest how poetry can evoke a whole community and its way of life in myriad ways. In a series of beautiful meditations, Newlyn guides the reader through key aspects of poetry, from sonnets and haiku to volta and synecdoche. Avoiding glosses and notes, her poems are allowed to speak for themselves, and show that there are no limits to what poetry can communicate. Newlyn's timeless verse will appeal to lovers of poetry as well as to practitioners, teachers, and students of all ages. Onomatopoeia You'd play here all day if you had your way-- near the stepping-stones, in the clearest of rock-pools, where water slaps and slips; where minnows dart, and a baby trout flop-flips.

Not a self-help guide but a candid, confessional memoir about mental illness that intersperses poetry and prose

Focusing on the complex relationship between Coleridge and Wordsworth, Lucy Newlyn presents a fresh perspective on their interactions from 1797 to 1807. She challenges traditional narratives that downplay their differences, revealing significant dissimilarities that fostered a "creative" misunderstanding. Through an exploration of their "private language" of allusion, Newlyn argues that this form of communication not only highlights their distinct identities but also serves as a potent literary expression among artists.

Lucy Newlyn adapts the tradition of the 'Shepherd's Calendar' to the phases of grief, condensing a long process of reflection and remembering into the passage of a single year. In these intense expressions of love and loss, anger and guilt, there is no smooth path towards consolation.

William and Dorothy Wordsworth is the first literary biography of the Wordsworths' creative collaboration. Using poems, letters, journals, memoirs, and biographies, it plots the intertwined lives of the Wordsworth siblings and their writing.

In association with The Wordsworth Trust, this ambitious sonnet sequence focuses on six extraordinary months in 1802, exploring William Wordsworth's life and relationships.