Herman Melville stands as one of American literature's most enigmatic and profound figures, a writer whose genius went largely unrecognized during his lifetime but whose works have come to define the very essence of American literary ambition. Born on August 1, 1819, in New York City, and dying in relative obscurity on September 28, 1891, Melville's seventy-two years encompassed a life of remarkable adventure, creati…
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibres connect us with our fellow men; and along those fibres, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and return to us as effects.”
Neighbourhood:
American Poets, Death & Mortality, LGBTQ+ Poets, Love Poets, Nature Poets, Political Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Wonder, Fear, Spirituality
Carolina Oliphant, later Lady Nairne, was born on 16 August 1766 at Gask House in Perthshire, into a family whose private memories were inseparable from one of Scotland’s most public historical wounds. She died on 26 October 1845, also at Gask, after a life of seventy-nine years in which she became one of the most accomplished and widely loved writers of Scottish song. For much of that life, however, the public did n…
“I wrote it merely because I liked the air so much, and I put these words to it, never fearing questions as to the authorship.”
Neighbourhood:
Folk & Ballad Poets, Political Poets, Scottish Poets, Women Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sorrow, Tenderness
