damian entwistle · @ukdamo
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Tamsin Lewis · @passamezzo
285 followers · 89 posts · Server hcommons.social
A #seasonal #woodcut depicting Queen Elizabeth I, surrounded by court ladies playing #musical #instruments (#viol, #harp, #lute, #flute. Also piping shepherds)
From the Eclogue for #April in Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes Calender, 1579.
#ElizabethI
#Elizabethan
#EdmundSpenser
#History
#Histodon
@histodons
#histodons
#earlymusic
@earlymusic
#earlymodern
@earlymodern
#Tudor
#Tudors
#Calendar
#sixteenthcentury
#16thCentury
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#pastoral
#seasonal #woodcut #musical #instruments #viol #harp #lute #flute #april #elizabethi #elizabethan #EdmundSpenser #history #histodon #histodons #earlymusic #earlymodern #Tudor #tudors #calendar #sixteenthcentury #16thcentury #16thCenturymusic #pastoral
Dr. Yulia Ryzhik · @yryzhik
46 followers · 38 posts · Server hcommons.socialFive days until RSA in Puerto Rico, and amazingly, both my papers are written and slides prepared!
First up, "Milton in Japan: Paradise Lost in Translation" (co-authored), in the panel "New Perspectives on Milton's Poetics." https://rsa.confex.com/rsa/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Session/6417
The other is a five-minute talk, part of a roundtable on "Metaphysical Poetry: Genre, Canon, Anthology." https://rsa.confex.com/rsa/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Session/6314
#RSA2023 #Milton #ParadiseLost #MetaphysicalPoets #JohnDonne #EdmundSpenser
#rsa2023 #Milton #paradiselost #metaphysicalpoets #JohnDonne #EdmundSpenser
Dr. Yulia Ryzhik · @yryzhik
35 followers · 10 posts · Server hcommons.socialI am a scholar of #EarlyModern #English #literature, especially the #poetry of #JohnDonne and #EdmundSpenser. I teach anything from Old English to the present, most recently a course on #LordByron. My interests include #satire and #humour, #Renaissance and modern #art, #allegory, and #anime. Native speaker of #Russian; proficient but rusty in #Italian, #French, #Latin, and #Japanese.
I am a #letterpress printer, amateur #photographer, and #naturalist. I am passionate about the #environment and #conservation and enjoy #hiking, #birding, #running, #canoetripping and #backcountry #camping, and #rockclimbing.
#rockclimbing #camping #backcountry #canoetripping #running #birding #hiking #conservation #environment #naturalist #photographer #letterpress #japanese #latin #french #italian #russian #anime #allegory #art #renaissance #humour #satire #lordbyron #EdmundSpenser #JohnDonne #poetry #literature #English #earlymodern #introduction