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9: Poetry, Mothers, and Priories

(The building on the left is the original monastery and the building on the right is the add-on hospital.) So, this non-Catholic girl goes to the Anglican nation of Great Britain to study a 17th century poet and got tripped up on the lingering Catholic vocabulary. I had been seeking poet Katherine Philips at theContinueContinue reading “9: Poetry, Mothers, and Priories”

4: My time at the Bodleian Library, Oxford University. Harry Potter’s library!

In 1993, I had the privilege of doing research at four libraries in Great Britain. One was the Bodleian Library, Oxford University. I was geeking out on 17th century poet Katherine Philips. #englishmajor The Bodleian was used as the library set in the Harry Potter movies. I was very excited to find out that theContinueContinue reading “4: My time at the Bodleian Library, Oxford University. Harry Potter’s library!”