From the provincial setting and character depictions, to insights into the spiritualist subculture peppered with Mantelโs skillful wit... Everything about this book was enjoyable. Add to that a rather unconventional and original approach to its themes, and you have a recipe for a great, genre-bending novel.
โSummer Moodsโ by John Clare
Clareโs short poem โSummer Moodsโ wonderfully captures the sense of enjoyment in a simple nature walk on a summer evening.
“A Night in June” by Madison Cawein
In this post weโre going to read a gorgeous poem by Madison Julius Cawein (1865โ1914). Entitled โA Night in Juneโ, itโs found in Kentucky Poems, an anthology of his works published in New York in 1903.
Films and documentaries on Walt Whitman
Similar to an earlier article on Emily Dickinson, in this post I present several films and documentaries that will help you get acquainted with "the good grey poet" and his works.
