“To rocks and rivers, not to thee, complain” Following in Katherine Philips Footprints I had been reading and researching Welsh poet Katherine Philips at the Library of Congress, the British Library, the Bodleian Library, the National Library of Wales and the University of Wales in Aberystwyth. I had finally found her adult home at CardiganContinueContinue reading “11: Celebrating Female Romantic Friendships in the 17th Century and Today”
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10: Made Ill by Poetry
I was an English major at Michigan State University in 1993 and I had been reading and researching 17th century Welsh poet Katherine Philips at the Library of Congress, the British Library, the Bodleian Library, the National Library of Wales and the University of Wales. Her genre was female romantic friendship poetry and I wasContinueContinue reading “10: Made Ill by Poetry”
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”
Guest Post From Beth Burnett
When my friend Sonya asked me to do a guest post for her Hot Researcher (that’s what I call it in my head) blog, I knew I wanted to find a way to tie it in with her delightful series about the great poet Katherine Philips. After all, that blog series inspired me to addContinueContinue reading “Guest Post From Beth Burnett”
The Best Thing to Come Out of This Series
Writing this series about Katherine Philips was some of the best fun I’ve had in a long time. Thanks for following along. It brought me great happiness to remember my passion for KP. The mystery of a longing, of loves, more breathtaking than modern-day erotica. That summer of freedom abroad (even if it meant lotsContinueContinue reading “The Best Thing to Come Out of This Series”
Across the Pond 8: Miss Bertha Better Than You at the Bodlein Library at Oxford
Katherine Philips has a letter in the archives of the Bodlein library of Oxford College. My modern British women’s literature class went to the town of Oxford one week and I realized I would be in very close proximity to an original document of Philips’s. I hadn’t seen her handwriting in person yet, something sheContinueContinue reading “Across the Pond 8: Miss Bertha Better Than You at the Bodlein Library at Oxford”
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