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saintacephale · 7 months

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Farida Khelfa in The Agony of Marguerite Gautier by Jean-Paul Goude, 1992

#fashion #art #farida khelfa #jean paul goude #the agony of marguerite gautier #renaissance #renaissance art #photography #gothic #jean-paul goude #high fashion #haute couture #fashion photography #painting #classic art #romanticism #victorian #romanticism painting #romantic age

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shelleyss · 2 years

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A sketch of the Romantic poet John Keats made by Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1816.

#john keats #keats #romantics #romantic poets #romantic poetry #romantic age #lord byron #percy bysshe shelley #mary shelley #dark academia #light academia #19th century #art

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empirearchives · 1 year

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Lord Byron and Napoleon

Someone responded to my Lord Byron post saying they were surprised Lord Byron liked Napoleon. Let’s just say this, Lord Byron was obsessed with Napoleon. He was his “alter ego.” He loved him.

Like most of the Romantics, Napoleon was his muse. He was not a propagandist. He was able to write about Napoleon in a nuanced way and explore different aspects. For example, his “Ode Napoleon Buonaparte” is a sharp criticism which expresses his utter disappointment in Napoleon for abdicating. He hated Napoleon for his defeat, but he loved him for his cause.

Lord Byron had a bust of Napoleon since he was a young boy. He modelled his carriage on Napoleon’s carriage. He had engravings of Napoleon in his room and collected mementos of Napoleon long after his death in 1821. He referred to Napoleon as his “little pagod.” People around him said that the vicissitudes of Napoleon’s life affected his personality. He mattered to him a lot. This is what he said in a letter to his friend after Napoleon’s defeat: “I detest the cause and the victors – and the victory.” (Quote source)

He was hard on Napoleon because he believed in him, but he was devotedly loyal. Notice that he died in exile, just like Napoleon. Thomas Medwin explains that Lord Byron admired Napoleon so much that he came to envy him. Like Beethoven, his admiration turned into a desire to replicate. Beethoven once said he wanted “to conquer” the conqueror.

If anyone is interested in learning more about Lord Byron and Napoleon, I’ve provided some links. Any good book about Lord Byron should mention it. But most biographies about Napoleon will not mention it because it was a parasocial relationship for Lord Byron.

Some but not all sources on the topic:

Between Emperor and Exile: Byron and Napoleon (source)

Byron’s Napoleonic Poems (source)

Beethoven, Byron, and Bonaparte - part 1 (source)

Beethoven, Byron, and Bonaparte - part 2 (source)

Lord Byron Reacts to the News - Napoleon's 100 Days (source)

Lord Byron and Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte between the Ode and Waterloo (source)

Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron […] in the Years 1821 and 1822, By Thomas Medwin (source)

Manuscript of Byron’s additional stanzas to ‘Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte,’ 1814 (source)

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metaphorwrites · 2 years

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On Mary Shelley's Birthday

On Mary Shelley’s Birthday

Many of us like to think the Romantic Age as just a “return to nature” phase of the British poets who had a sudden overpowering love for nature as industries were polluting their poetic stimulus. But literature produced during the first half of the long 19th century was much more than that. The problem becomes more acute when we look at it from a postcolonial nation as India. A constant fear…

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#authobirthday #birthday #frankestein #mary shelley #romantic age #science fiction #writers

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artisticowlwriter · 14 days

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How many quizzes can you solve? Test your knowledge.

#wordsworth #romanticperiod #english literature #literature quiz #romantic #artistic owl writer #quizzes #romantic age #shelly #samuel taylor coleridge

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biggest-gaudiest-patronuses · 5 months

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craving pathetic wet old women characters. where is the feminism

#give me middle aged butches w anxiety & cats. older femmes w/ arm flab who refuse to age 'gracefully'#gimme a bilingual bisexual with a trench coat & crows feet & and no retirement savings #i want them bitter & jaded & dysfunctional & menopausal #i want to watch them make poor financial dietary romantic decisions (and probably commit crimes) where are they?????

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parkstone-international · 5 months

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The Mystic Master: Exploring the Profound Imagination of William Blake

Explore our full collection William Blake was an English poet, artist, and visionary of the Romantic era, born in 1757. He is celebrated for his creative brilliance in both literature and art. Blake’s works, known for their mystical and symbolic content, delved into themes of spirituality, the imagination, and the human condition. The text below is the excerpt of the book William Blake (ISBN:…

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 20 days

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The squad of all time has arrived on scene.

#dungeon meshi #mithrun #Cithis Ofri #Pattadol #Fleki #Lycion #Otta #Happy Canary Debut Day! These guys wont really get to be very present until the next season of Dungeon Meshi #But I can still be excited to see them animated!!!#Shout out to Pattadol - I also tend to occupy 'The Punchline' niche of the friendgroup.#The punchline differs from 'The Jester' who willingly absorbs the jokes. The punchline is often unwillingly the joke.#You are either the one no one likes or the well beloved little-sibiling-esque friend. Good luck figuring out which!#Yes it is canon that Otta is into Women. YES she dates younger women and dumps them when they age.#This isn't a fan made bit. It's real.#Dungeon Meshi has no romance but it does have canonically queer characters.#Shipping is fine and all but it is a running theme in the series than *everyone* who expresses romantic interest in someone -#-finds that love unrequited. Just something to be mindful of to measure your expectations of this series!#Ah! In other housekeeping notes; I'm going to *try* and add Alt Text to my dungeon meshi thurday posts going forwards.#I might not be able to do it day of but I will try to get it done within a week.

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this-barbie-is-trying · 8 months

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I'm reading "Essai sur les fictions" by Madame de Staël and nobody will ever stop me from believing that this woman would have LOVED The count of Monte Cristo.

#women in literature #literature #literary #madame de staël #essay #the count of monte cristo #book #books and poetry #books and reading #book nerd #I am writing my thesis send help #romanticism #romantic age #classics #classic book #i love this woman

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saintacephale · 2 years

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Lord Byron about himself, from Select Poems

#mine #anger’s my meat — i sup upon myself #lord byron #george gordon byron #baron byron #selected poems #don juan #romanticism #to keep #romantic age #percy bysshe shelley #percy shelley #mary shelley #romantic period #byronic #literature #biography #quotes #q

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shelleyss · 1 year

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Today, 199 years ago, died in Missolonghi (Greece) the poet George Gordon “Lord” Byron after days struggling with a strong fever.

Here's my favourite lines from his work 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage':

“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,

There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

There is society where none intrudes,

By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:

I love not Man the less, but Nature more”

#lord byron #george gordon byron #byronic hero #byronmania #romanticism #romantic age #romantic poets #dark academia #english poetry #english literature #books #romantic era #geneva squad #art #painting

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illustratus · 8 months

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Enid and Geraint by Rowland Wheelwright

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taxed-up-trotter · 3 months

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hey what if they kissed hey what if they kissed hey what if

#narilamb #cult of the lamb #true devotion #cotl #cotl lamb #cotl narinder #cotl fanart #cult of the lamb narinder #cult of the lamb fanart #drawing this was the most fun ive had in ages bc i had a romantic playlist in the bg #and i just imagine them dancing to those songs while rendering its JJKSAHDKJFJKHGFDGJFKDHGDS #i should do thsi more often

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xofana-almeida · 1 year

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Escrevi inúmeras cartas de amor, mesmo sem ser amada e mesmo que nunca tenha me apaixonado. Afinal, eu sou uma romântica incurável.

#library #romantic age #citas de amor #cartas #Spotify

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verdantglow · 3 months

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Joel SmallishBeans mentions that he looks at fanart on tumblr.

“He’s here!” People scream, “Scatter!”

As everyone runs away, I, unmoving, look him dead in the eye & say,

“Let him watch.”

#okay this is really dramatic but like.#Joel is of the age & personality to 100% understand what he’s getting himself into here #& if he wants to look at all my art of him romantically arranged with Etho #who the fuck am I to stop him???#also I know I am sooo not the only one doing this #there are at least several handfuls of us who feel no shame associated with Joel witnessing us #doing whatever fan things we happen to be doing #Joel SmallishBeans #SmallishBeans #hermitblr #hermitcraft season 10 #Hermitcraft #verdant rambles

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catsafarithewriter · 10 months

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v tired of coming out to ppl who are familiar and accepting of the aroace term, who then still turn around and say "yeah but you might still one day meet someone, right?" like I promise you most aspec ppl are aware it's an option, but it's still rude

I get you're trying to be supportive, but it still comes off as "don't worry, perhaps you're not really aroace/broken"

#work colleague: 'well i didnt find love until i was in my 30s'#okay but you still felt attraction??? you still knew you liked boys and girls from a young age??#ace #asexual #aro #aromantic #aroace #aspec #maybe one day i will meet someone!#but there's a good chance any 'romantic' relationship i get into will be more a qpp #you wouldnt go up to a straight girl and go 'perhaps you havent met the right girl yet'#why is it okay to backseat diagnose an aspec's identity?#i am. tired

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