Hi Y'all,
I've a strange, non-poetic query. Is there a specific name for the
turban-like hat that David Hume wears in Allan Ramsay's portrait of him?
Other philosophers and artists wore such hats during the Scots
enlightenment--these hats were often red or burnished orange.
Best,
Eileen
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Eileen Abrahams
Ph.D. Candidate
Editorial Fellow
Texas Studies in Literature and Language
The University of Texas at Austin
It is the precise detail of word or rhythm, which carries the ethical
burden; it is technique, rightly understood, which provides the true point
of departure for inspiration.
---Geoffrey Hill
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