The Keats-Shelley Association of America Blog

Our blog features a range of posts on the topic of Romanticism, including commentary on current news items; dispatches of official K-SAA business and descriptions of our initiatives; calls for contributions; event notices; publication announcements, and more.

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"The Spirit of the Universal Emancipation"

K-SAA is continuing their virtual events series with two talks by Sarah Marsh (Seton Hill University) and Imani Tucker (Yale University). During the event, titled Marsh and Tucker will examine the role of the more- or less-than human in Romantic-era writing, whether the vampire, the figure of Prometheus, or the cosmos of Benjamin Banneker.

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Connecting Romanticism to Modern Politics: An Innovative Assignment for Literature Students

A wonderful assignment by Daniel Block, Ph.D., English Department Chair, King School

Goals:

  • To bring the poetry of British Romantic literature into conversation with current events;

  • To engage with the theme of “Performing Politics: Romantic Futures,” which is the focus of the 2024 Curran Symposium at New York University;

  • To collaborate with the Keats-Shelley Association of America and the Byron Society of America on their public art initiatives

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