Bright Star; or a Film about Keats by Jane Campion

So I just read the review for Jane Campion’s Bright Star and from what the New York Times’ A. O. Scott says this should be a killer flick; for lit lovers that is. Here is a link to the review: http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/movies/16bright.html?th&emc=th I am guessing the only place in Philadelphia for me to see it is [...]

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A letter from Keats at the Rosenbach Museum

I dearly wanted to go see this over Valentine’s Day weekend but being the lazy bum I am didn’t I didn’t make it over there.  Here is the link to their website where you can find more about the exhibit and other exhibits such as the Maurice Sendak one. http://www.rosenbach.org

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To Some Ladies

What though while the wonders of nature exploring,     I cannot your light, mazy footsteps attend; Nor listen to accents, that almost adoring,     Bless Cynthia’s face, the enthusiast’s friend: Yet over the steep, whence the mountain stream rushes,     With you, kindest friends, in idea I rove; Mark the clear tumbling crystal, its passionate [...]

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