"If it was really Shelley who stood and listened to the skylark, it was not Shelley in any important sense; he did not mean for me, reading the poem, to be thinking about him listening to the bird; he was entirely willing to vanish, and to let me become the 'I'.” Mary Oliver, Blue Pastures. Listed among “John Burnside’s Favourite Poetry Sayings” at Poetry Archive (link here).
About Me
- Abbie Garrington
- I am Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Durham University, with particular expertise in the literary history of mountaineering, in expeditionary travel writing, and in representations of the body and the senses. I used to lead expeditions with British Exploring (at the Royal Geographical Society, London). This blog is on hold until further notice, but it was great fun to write, got me involved in all sorts of events and projects, and still receives a lot of visitors. I hope it provides you with some useful thoughts and links.
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