Once upon a time, the only way to consume literature was ink on paper.

From a young age, his father introduced him to the works of Shakespeare and Milton. Despite a difficult childhood with a frequently absent father, Wordsworth went on to study at St. John’s College, Cambridge where he published his first work, a sonnet in the European Magazine.

The question that remains to be answered: Why is there the need to return to Greek Myth? Surely, after years of being told over and over, do we really need to hear the same stories time and time again?

It may appear as though studying literature from the past has little to offer us in the present. Pointless, even. Yet, if there was a point to this, what would that point be?

As we become more conscious as to the acts that we need to perform in order to help save the planet … there has also been a rise in environmental fiction in recent years that increases awareness about the environment, and human impact on it.

When thinking about William Shakespeare, who was born in April 1564 – and who died on his birthday fifty-two years later in 1616 – your first association may be the plays that he has written…But have you read any of Shakespeare’s sonnets?

Every year on the 31st March, since 2009, transgender people celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility.

This week’s Romantic poet, William Blake, could definitely be said to be viewed in the same light; that is, the ‘odd one out’, especially due to the visions that he experienced.

In light of International Women’s Day recently on the 8th March 2021, this week’s blog post will be dedicated to celebrate two well-known American women poets, Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath.

Imagine as a child you did not see yourself reflected in a children’s book.