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Digital humanist · Research: poetry (very long #c18th) · Institutional home: https://xitter.cf/t.co/x0wRp8B40d · Consultancy services: https://xitter.cf/t.co/Pl3enyvH2C

 Oxford, UK
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Joined September 2008
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Delighted to announce the Thomas Gray Archive Autumn 2026 update. Read all about our recent work at the #ThomasGrayArchive: thomasgray.org/about/history… #c18th #ThomasGray #metres #poetry #antiquities #catalogue #18thCentury
Facsimile of the titlepage of Mason's 1773 edition of Gray's notes in Ellis's _English Atlas_ (1766)

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Seminario Internacional ‘#Góngora en el siglo que llamaron de las Luces: pervivencia, resistencia y malquerencia’, organizado por el Departamento de Estudios Filológicos y Literarios de la Universidad de Córdoba y el Grupo de Estudios del Siglo #XVIII de la Universidad de Cádiz, 19 y 20 de enero de 2027 en el Aula Magna de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Córdoba.
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Great insight yesterday on one of histories most famous women. A legacy that’s been built on myth, legend,defamation AND fashion 💅#MarieAntoinette👸 @CatrionaSeth @thelinenhall 📚 Her unfounded reputation is bedded in our psyche for decadence & arrogance #LetThemEatGlutonFree 🍰
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This day 291 years ago: James Beattie (1735-1803)’s birth date. Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/… #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD
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On this day (154 years ago), Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) died this day. Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: romanticperiodpoetry.org/aut… #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD
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On this date 144 years ago, death of János Arany (1817-1882). Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: romanticperiodpoetry.org/aut… #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD
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On this date 153 years ago, Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807-1873) died this day. Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: romanticperiodpoetry.org/aut… #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD
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Internet Archive
@internetarchiveOct 19
Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive makes the case for web preservation in The Atlantic. 🌐 In The Internet Needs A Memory, Kahle explains why blocking the Wayback Machine won’t stop AI. It will only make the public record harder to preserve. Read it 👉 theatlantic.com/technology/2… @Brewster_Kahle @TheAtlantic
Atlantic article The Internet Needs a Memory by Brewster Kahle, with a green head and cursor graphic

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All 18 known surviving editions of Harris’s List of #CoventGardenLadies are now available in the #HarrissListDigitalArchive (IIIF and full-text), with over 2,600 entries, an interactive map, network analysis, and visualizations: harrisslist.prisms.digital/ #c18th #HarrissList #DH
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On this day (116 years ago), date of death of Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910). Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: romanticperiodpoetry.org/aut… #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD
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On this date 329 years ago, date of birth of Nicholas Amhurst (1697-1742). Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/… #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD
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On this day (188 years ago), date of death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838). Poems appear in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: romanticperiodpoetry.org/aut… #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD
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On this day, Allan Ramsay (1684-1758) and John Hervey, Baron of Ickworth (1696-1743)’s birth date. Poetry available in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD
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This day 284 years ago: Gray returned to Peterhouse, as a Fellow-Commoner, and resided permanently at Cambridge for the rest of his life. Find out more in the #ThomasGrayArchive: thomasgray.org/resources/gpl… #c18th #poetry #DH #ThomasGray #Peterhouse #OTD
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This day 157 years ago: death of Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869). Poetry available in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: romanticperiodpoetry.org/aut… #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD
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On this date 151 years ago, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) died this day. Poems are included in the #RomanticPeriodPoetryArchive: romanticperiodpoetry.org/aut… #poetry #DH #Romanticism #19thC #OTD
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Join A Halloween Guided Tour: Death, Dreams and the Supernatural 🕯️ and explore the dark imagination behind Horace Walpole’s little Gothic castle. 📍 Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham 🕰 11am, 1pm, 2.30pm & 3pm 🎟 Standard £24 | Student £20 tickets.strawberryhillhouse.…
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NY Public Library
@nyplOct 10
Read Banned Books! NYPL is dedicated to free and open access to information and knowledge—a mission that is directly opposed to book banning and censorship. Join #BannedBooksWeek with a “Read Banned Books” pennant and show your support for the right to read. Get yours on.nypl.org/4AOYZRc
A pennant on a wall features illustrations of books and reading glasses, with the text "Read Banned Books." Below, a small plant, tape dispenser, teapot, and stacked books are on a table.

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A person in a library holds a pennant that reads "Read Banned Books" with illustrations of books and a lamp. The background features shelves filled with various books.

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On this day, Ambrose Philips (1674-1749) and Mary Tighe (née Blachford) (1772-1810) born this day. Poems are included in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive: eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/ #c18th #poetry #DH #OTD
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