Arthur O’Shaughnessy: Victorian-Era Renaissance Man?

I discovered poet/herpetologist Arthur O’Shaughnessy (1844-1881) earlier this week. In this episode, I explain why I find him so interesting, and read a few of his works. ***** References Finnigan, Robert. “Arthur O’Shaughnessy: An Anglo-Irish Poet?” Nordic Irish Studies 17, no. 2 (2018): 55–74. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26657341. Günther, Albert. “Seventh Contribution to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Madagascar.” https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79589#page/371/mode/1up Moulton, Louise Chandler. Arthur O'Shaughnessy : his life and his work, with selections from his poems. https://archive.org/details/arthuroshaughnes00osha_0/page/n15/mode/2up O’Shaughnessy, Arthur. “Ode.” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54933/ode- O’Shaughnessy, Arthur. “There Is an Earthly Glimmer in the Tomb.” https://archive.org/details/arthuroshaughnes00osha_0/page/n15/mode/2up Wikipedia. “Arthur O'Shaughnessy.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_O%27Shaughnessy Wikipedia. “Ode (poem).” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_(poem) Woodyard, Chris, editor. The Victorian Book of the Dead. Kestrel Publications, 2014. ***** Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/victorianvarie1 Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevictorianvarietyshow I’d greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate & review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Goodpods, Spotify, Podchaser, Audible, or wherever you listen, as that will help this podcast reach more listeners!