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‘Four Sermons’ by Jeremy Taylor and ‘Tentacular Cities’ by Émile Verhaeren have arrived in stock! Shipping soon. https://t.co/587u4klAyO

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Incidentally, some readers may have some degree of familiarity with Lenz: Some incidents from his life were used as the basis for the novel ‘Lenz’ (1836) by the writer Georg Büchner (1813–1837). (Buchner’s book was translated by Richard Sieburth for Archipelago.)

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On this day in 1825, Jean Paul died. His career spanned roughly four decades, during which he produced some of the wackiest novels ever written, including TITAN, SIEBENKÄS, THE INVISIBLE LODGE, and many more. Look for three more JP books by us in 2023!

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“There is nobody, except Sir Thomas Browne, in the hundred years of English prose between the Euphuists and Shaftesbury, who can be mentioned in the same breath with Taylor for this richness of imaginative ornament.” —Edmund Gosse, “Jeremy Taylor’s Place in Literary History”

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We’d love to see reviews of some of our recent titles. In particular, works by by Emanuel Carnevali, Amy Levy, Jean Paul, Walter Savage Landor, Mário de Andrade, James Thomson, Antero de Quental. Review copies of these can be made available upon request—see link below. https://t.co/67WkbMRfCy

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At the blog, another tale from the salad days of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine—John Wilson's "Remarkable Preservation from Death at Sea" (rarely, if ever reprinted). A fantastic tale of duress, horror, and hallucination. https://t.co/itIRKdfip5 https://t.co/kpOYQkEWnP

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At the blog, another brief stunning dream-allegory— Walter Savage Landor’s « The Dream of Petrarca » from « The Pentameron ». « When I was younger, I was fond of wandering in solitary places, and never was afraid of slumbering in woods and grottoes. » https://t.co/JCTKqh8Y4H https://t.co/NWEtIxrWVt

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“... so exuberant is this perilous gas of wit in John Paul, that, if his works do not explode, at any rate, I think John Paul himself will blow up one of these days. It must be dangerous to bring a candle too near him...” —Thomas De Quincey https://t.co/QQtNeHXcRf https://t.co/aPrDWnd3uz

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James Thomson (B.V.) was born 188 years ago on November 23, 1834. Earlier this year, we published a selection of Thomson’s best prose and verse (‘The City of Dreadful Night & Other Writings’). https://t.co/NC4fgmN9DM

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On this day in 1825, Jean Paul died. His career spanned roughly four decades, during which he produced some of the wackiest novels ever written, including TITAN, SIEBENKÄS, THE INVISIBLE LODGE, and many more. Look for three more JP books by us in 2023!

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