Refuge from the Ravens: Wordsworth re-written by homeless Britain

Contact

Organizer: Wordsworth Grasmere

Name: Wordsworth Grasmere

Phone: 01539435544

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://wordsworth.org.uk

Address

Dove Cottage
Grasmere
Grasmere
LA22 9SH

Price Notes

Exhibition included with price of admission

Direction

Find us south of Grasmere village, on the A591 Kendal to Keswick road. Postcode: LA22 9SH

Details

In 1798 a literary revolution began, igniting the flames of Romanticism. A small, unassuming book called Lyrical Ballads was the spark. Written by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge this collection of poems in everyday language were embedded in nature and featured stories about the poor and common people. Today, 200 years later, homelessness and social inequality are still with us and on the rise. There is a vast gap between rich and poor, and many are tumbling into the void.

In partnership with Wordsworth Grasmere, and made possible with support from the Heritage Fund, Refuge from the Ravens is a contemporary retelling of Lyrical Ballads, created by people with experience of homelessness, and other vulnerable people through poetry, art and song.

Visit to see…

Special treasures from the Wordsworth Trust’s collection will be on display, including:

• First edition of Lyrical Ballads (1798)
• Draft manuscripts of Wordsworth’s poems, including ‘Michael’ and  ‘Old Man Travelling; Animal Tranquillity and Decay, A Sketch’

Alongside the manuscripts will be responses created by vulnerable people and people with experience of homelessness, exploring and responding to Lyrical Ballads from a variety of perspectives through art, song and poetry.

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