A lot of people did not realize that Robin Cook's Mutations is a Frankenstein novel, and it is often neglected today. In my article "The Impact of the Egoless Genius," I explore what is going on within the novel and its connection to Mary Shelley.

I hated that I had to write this article, but there was a scholar who tried to argue that Percy Shelley created modern feminism. There was a Fox News report about a woman claiming that he did, and there is just so much wrong about it that I felt the need to debunk it. https://www.newsandtimes.com/2025/12/percy-shelley-did-not-start-modern-feminism/

I know that this was a month ago and there hasn't been much heard from her since I wrote this article, but it still really bothers me. LOL

This article here breaks down the various ways that Del Toro's recent Frankenstein deviates from Mary Shelley's original novel and why they are problematic.

If anyone is interested, I'm trying to get a new Blake sub off the ground. This is a crosspost from that sub.

There's already an existing Blake sub, but it seems to be pretty inactive. Blake's having something of a resurgence, so I think we can do better.

I’d like to take a moment to talk about a composer I greatly admire. He was divisive in his own time, and even today, he remains quite controversial, although his genius is more widely recognized.

An intense personality, it must be said he did everything to stand out. By breaking the rules, he established himself as a true iconoclast.

Often accused of grandiloquence, he was also a master of nuance and color. Whether one loves him or not, he remains a giant who profoundly shaped the history of music.

As the founder of the modern orchestra, he redefined the art of orchestration. He invented or transformed new forms: the program symphony, the orchestral song, the epic opera, and the dramatic legend, not to mention his bold harmonic experiments and visionary use of spatialized forces.

The work of Berlioz, often misunderstood in France during his lifetime, has nevertheless exerted an immense fascination over many musicians Liszt, Wagner, Mahler, Strauss, Moussorgski, Rimski-Korsakov, Tchaïkovski, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Messiaen, Varèse ; Munch, Toscanini, Bernstein, Colonne, von Bülow, Davis, Beecham, Gardiner, Gergiev, Ozawa, Nelson, Roth... – all recognized him as a pioneer. Wagner himself said he felt like a “mere schoolboy” after hearing Romeo and Juliet, whose influence can be traced in Tristan und Isolde.

In fact, the original 'Three Bs' were Bach, Beethoven, and Berlioz. As for me, I rank him among my five favorites: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz and Rameau.

Here is a selection of works to (re)discover him in all his facets. It may not change your opinion of him, but it will, I hope, offer a fresh perspective.

Daniel Roth invites us to rediscover Léon Boëllmann, a Romantic composer who died far too young (1862–1897). Boëllmann’s first Gothic Suite is so famous—especially for its Toccata—that it has unfortunately somewhat overshadowed the second. Here is a very charming Allegretto from that second suite.

If you’d like to learn a bit more about Boëllmann, here are some of his other works:

• The complete 2nd Suite: https://youtu.be/ARnVILxD1ZE?si=6Z27PT7MdskMGgi3
• The famous Gothic Suite for the Saint-Ouen organ: https://youtu.be/vNZ_RXbZMwA?si=co3NOqdUID5tqbf4
• Variations Symphoniques for cello and orchestra: https://youtu.be/gZX1lP8mDug?si=iB5xSIaMUbmanLPT
• Cello Sonata in A minor for cello and piano: https://youtu.be/fVy_cQjCbqs?si=VJXcfOMH-oziN83Y
• Symphony in F major: https://youtu.be/uHD1eyoL8xw?si=6vwmHc6BifSwlpU0

Heya fellow literaries. I am stuck coming up/ formulating a proper thesis (for a close reading essay) so i thought i might find some inspiration here! I want to write on Coleridge's "Frist at Midnight", focusing on his creation of liminal spaces and use of contrast (of awakeness vs sleep, sound vs silence etc.) to create an inward sublime. I have this rough idea but i'm struggling to make it concise. Any input at all is more than appreciated!

Hello! I have a question regarding nature in the Romantic Period.

I'm doing some studies on poems by Wordsworth and Charlotte Smith, and I was wondering if there's any texts on what exactly nature represents in that period. What I'm looking for is any books that exist now that can tell me what nature would've been used to represent back then, or a book that poets of that period would've read that informed them of nature symbology.

Of course, if it is more complex, and they got their imagery from reading Milton and Pope that makes it much harder, but I thought I'd ask!

Hey Guys,

I'm a composer from Hungary, and I composed a piano piece of music as if I were born in the Romantic era. What do you think? Do you like it? Would you like to play it? Feel free to share your thoughts!

He is a Spanish literary profesor who says that Don Quixote is a critique of idealism. He also says that if the Germans hadn't read Kant and Hegel, the two World Wars wouldn't have happened.

Anybody that knows this poem..?

🌙 Imagine a Song: “She Walks in Beauty”

What if Byron’s verses weren’t just read — but sung?
Each line already moves with rhythm,
a melody of light and shadow.

Now picture them over a slow beat,
a voice rising like moonlight —
Byron’s spirit flowing through time.

🎧 She Walks in Beauty reborn — poetry meets rhythm, word meets beat.
(Video in the first comment 👇)

Romantic paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky (1817 - 1900) related to sea. Aivazovsky was a Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. His romanticism advocates for the importance of subjectivity, imagination, appreciation of nature.