#AtoZChallenge Letter C

The theme of my challenge is poetry and books inspired by art and/or art inspired by literature.  is for Lewis Carroll who wrote Alice in Wonderland. He inspired Sir John Tenniel, the political cartoonist of Punch magazine to illustrate the first Alice and also Through the Looking-Glass, creating 92 images altogether.  The pictures were engravedContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge Letter C”

#AtoZChallenge Letter B

Is for Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier, inextricably bound to the life of William Blake at the time he was living in Lambeth. Flames and funerals, circus feats and seduction, neighbours and nakedness: a sparkling historical drama from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. Burning Bright follows Thomas Kellaway and his familyContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge Letter B”

#AtoZChallenge Letter A

The theme of my challenge is poetry and books inspired by art and/or art inspired by literature. Asunder by Chloe Aridjis   Marie’s job as a guard at the National Gallery in London offers her the life she always wanted, one of invisibility and quiet contemplation. But amid the hushed corridors of the Gallery surge currentsContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge Letter A”