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hugo.In this week's post on the Grammaticus website you can read "In Summer" by Lord Alfred Douglas - Oscar Wilde's (in)famous lover.This sensual poem celebrates the joy and excitement of a summer romance - a perfect read for a hot summer's day like today!<a href="https://grammaticus.blog/2025/07/24/in-summer-by-lord-alfred-douglas/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grammaticus.blog/2025/07/24/in-summer-by-lord-alfred-douglas/</a><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/lovepoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lovepoems</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/englishliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishliterature</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#summer</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/learningenglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#learningenglish</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/englishvocabulary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishvocabulary</a>

Syeda Yasmeen Aftab AliMY VLOG: Pakistan mussanif ki English Literature ki kutub l Yasmeen Aftab Ali<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yasmeenaftabali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yasmeenaftabali</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/englishliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishliterature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pakistaniauthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pakistaniauthors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authors</a><a href="https://youtu.be/CDy70e6HPQ8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/CDy70e6HPQ8</a>This Video Is About Pakistani authors of English Literature Pakistani authors have made a remarkable mark on global English literature, crafting narratives that are both deeply rooted in local realities and resonant with international audiences.

ideogramApparently the word "twat" had the same origin as ginnel or the word began as "twichell" which meant an alleyway between bushes or walls, going back to the 11th century. You can see the, um, parallels. <a href="https://social.coop/tags/NorthernEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NorthernEngland</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/englishliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishliterature</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Sheffield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sheffield</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/rude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rude</a> <a href="https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSB5NWjJx/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSB5NWjJx/</a>

JdeBP<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@bytebro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bytebro</a> Do you think that you could pass O Level English Lit, with that as the set text, on that amount of reading? (-:<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLiterature</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shakespeare</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MidsummerNightsDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MidsummerNightsDream</a>

Merja PolvinenToday, I signed the papers that make me Professor of English Literatures at the University of Helsinki, effective of 1st August.Am so very happy, a little stunned, and very very excited to be taking on this new role in my alma mater! 🥳📚🤓🫡<a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/AcademiccChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademiccChatter</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicMastodon</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/UniversityOfHelsinki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversityOfHelsinki</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLiterature</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CognitiveLiteraryStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CognitiveLiteraryStudies</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CloseReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CloseReading</a>

hugo.Happy Summer Solstice! ☀️On the Grammaticus website you can find lots of summer-related resources: poetry, vocabulary exercises, book reviews and more! Visit today and celebrate the magic of <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#summer</a> <a href="https://grammaticus.blog/tag/summer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grammaticus.blog/tag/summer</a><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/englishliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishliterature</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/learningenglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#learningenglish</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/englishteacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishteacher</a>Photo credit: B A Fields via Pexels

hugo.If there’s a solstice or an equinox approaching, you know it’s time for another free ebook in my Grammaticus Free Library series!The latest one contains a short ghost story by Edith Nesbit, "Uncle Abraham's Romance."A lonely old man remembers a series of unusual encounters with a mysterious woman. Was she just a product of his imagination or perhaps a visitor from the beyond? If you like ghost stories, you’ll enjoy this one!<a href="https://grammaticus.blog/2025/06/18/free-ebook-uncle-abrahams-romance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grammaticus.blog/2025/06/18/free-ebook-uncle-abrahams-romance/</a>You can find all the previously released titles here: <a href="https://grammaticus.blog/library/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grammaticus.blog/library/</a><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/learningenglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#learningenglish</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/englishvocabulary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishvocabulary</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/EnglishTeacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishTeacher</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/englishliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishliterature</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ENesbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ENesbit</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/shortstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortstory</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ghoststories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ghoststories</a>

World History EncyclopediaChristopher Marlowe (1564-1593), or Kit Marlowe, was a poet and playwright of the English Renaissance who wrote during the Elizabethan Era (1558-1603). <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElizabethanTheatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ElizabethanTheatre</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChristopherMarlowe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ChristopherMarlowe</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DoctorFaustus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DoctorFaustus</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EnglishLiterature</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnglishRenaissance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EnglishRenaissance</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WilliamShakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WilliamShakespeare</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HistoryFact</a> <a href="https://whe.to/ci/1-18996-en/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://whe.to/ci/1-18996-en/</a>

Hacker NewsCollege English majors can't read<a href="https://kittenbeloved.substack.com/p/college-english-majors-cant-read" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kittenbeloved.substack.com/p/college-english-majors-cant-read</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CollegeEnglishMajors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CollegeEnglishMajors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLiterature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReadingSkills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReadingSkills</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HigherEducation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CriticalThinking</a>

FID Anglo-American CultureHappy Birthday, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! The famous creator of <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/SherlockHolmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SherlockHolmes</a> would have turned 166 today!<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/BOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BOTD</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/ArthurConanDoyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArthurConanDoyle</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/ScottishWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishWriters</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/VictorianLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VictorianLiterature</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLiterature</a>Original photo via Wikimedia Commons (edited), part of George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress

Merja PolvinenHey, <a href="https://hcommons.social/@drmariasalenius" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@drmariasalenius</a> is here! <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLiterature</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/LiteraryStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiteraryStudies</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/@drmariasalenius/114544481645834467" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hcommons.social/@drmariasalenius/114544481645834467</a>

hugo.Happy World Bee Day! 🐝In my latest blog post you can read Isaac Watts' delightful 18th century poem "How Doth the Little Busy Bee," but also find out a little something about Anton Janša, Slovenian apiarist whose work laid the foundation of modern beekeeping.<a href="https://grammaticus.blog/2025/05/20/how-doth-the-little-busy-bee/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grammaticus.blog/2025/05/20/how-doth-the-little-busy-bee/</a><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/worldbeeday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#worldbeeday</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/antonjan%C5%A1a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antonjanša</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/apiculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#apiculture</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/englishliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishliterature</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/learningenglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#learningenglish</a>Image credit: Dustin Humes via Unsplash.

Rob PumphreyReading Moby Dick and struggling a bit to keep going. It is about 10% story, and 90% literary gristle that has to be chewed on without reward. Some of it just appears to have no meaning or point. I wonder if someone has condensed the book into just the bits about the story. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLiterature</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Literature</a>

Jonathan Emmesedi🧵 2/2...Edith Nesbit's "Psammead" series not only engaged me with narrative but also suggested to me, particularly in the second and third books, that "another world is possible".I am sure that such a suggestion formed part of Nesbit's authorial intention, given that she was a committed socialist and founding member of the Fabian Society.Fantasy in literature is sometimes criticized as "escapist". Whenever such a label is applied to disparage this or other genres, I respond by conceding that escapism might well be a motive for readers or audiences; I then ask what are they trying to escape from and where are they trying to escape to.The politics of escapism are by no means straightforwardly quietistic or socially soporific.<a href="https://c.im/tags/EdithNesbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EdithNesbit</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Literature</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BritishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLiterature</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Escapism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Escapism</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ChildrensLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChildrensLiterature</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLiterature</a>

Jonathan Emmesedi🧵 1/2"Lord of the Rings" meant much to me in my early adolescence, but I have not reread it since then and have no current plans to do so.Nevertheless, this piece's claim that LOTR should not be dismissed as simplistic reaction fascinated me.This fascination stems in part from views I already espoused regarding the political potency of fantasy and magic in the arts and literature.For example... <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/tolkien-against-the-grain/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/tolkien-against-the-grain/</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/LordOfTheRings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LordOfTheRings</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tolkien</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Literature</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GerryCanavan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GerryCanavan</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BritishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLiterature</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLiterature</a>

marcasMa tha thu ann an Lunnainn faodaidh tu an dàn agam At Lusty Glaze a chluinntinn, air a leughadh le cleasaiche, aig an tachartas seo.If you're in London you can hear my poem At Lusty Glaze, read by an actor, at this event.<a href="https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/78168" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/78168</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RichmondArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RichmondArts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RogerMcGough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RogerMcGough</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScotLit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishLiterature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLiterature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poem</a>

World History EncyclopediaChristopher Marlowe (1564-1593), also known as Kit Marlowe, was one of the most influential dramatists of Elizabethan theatre. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChristopherMarlowe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ChristopherMarlowe</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DoctorFaustus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DoctorFaustus</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElizabethanAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ElizabethanAge</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EnglishLiterature</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeroAndLeander" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HeroAndLeander</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ovid</a>'sElegies <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HistoryFact</a> <a href="https://whe.to/ci/2-2709-en/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://whe.to/ci/2-2709-en/</a>

Pao_1My first Austen. Quite different from what I expected. Everything seems to be about wealth and money. Interesting and challenging - I just did not get a few sentences and verbs and expressions. And I think we overanalyse and project too much when reading classics.Mansfield Park, Jane Austen 8/10<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MansfieldPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MansfieldPark</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JaneAusten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JaneAusten</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/englishliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishliterature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a>

Giacomo BencistàWilliam Blake, first page of ‘Proverbs of Hell’, 1790-1793 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/englishliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishliterature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hell</a>

FID Anglo-American CultureToday is the beginning of <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spring</a> with the <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/SpringEquinox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpringEquinox</a> in the northern hemisphere - and we get ready for tomorrow's <a href="https://mastodon.social/@unesco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@unesco</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/WorldPoetryDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldPoetryDay</a> with 2 <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/bookstack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstack</a>|s on the theme of <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/NaturePoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturePoetry</a>! Here are 6 <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/LiteraryStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiteraryStudies</a> books in front of <a href="https://openbiblio.social/@subugoe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@subugoe</a> on <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLiterature</a> from the <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/MiddleAges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiddleAges</a> to today 🐝 🐦🌷<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/WorldPoetryDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldPoetryDay2025</a>

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