Literature

E. T. A. Hoffmann and Transgressive Romanticism – 5 minutes with Christopher R. Clason

To celebrate the release of E.T.A. Hoffmann: Transgressive Romanticism, Christopher R. Clason discusses the work of the author and the revelations of viewing his work through a 'transgressive' lens. Can you tell us a bit about the life of E.T.A Hoffmann and how it influenced his work? Hoffmann was born in a somewhat dysfunctional family in … Continue reading

Literature

Presenting: Writers and their Work

Liverpool University Press is proud to announce the recent strategic partnership with Northcote House Publishers for the publication of the highly regarded series Writers and their Work. To celebrate this partnership, we’re giving you a look at what you can expect from the series… Jack London is the first title to be published under the new partnership. … Continue reading

Modern Languages

Federico García Lorca, his life and selected Suites. Five minutes with Roberta Ann Quance

To celebrate the release of Federico García Lorca, Selected Suites, translator Roberta Ann Quance discusses Lorca's youth, early works and the various versions of the Suites. The suites are a body of work of over 200 poems that Lorca wrote between 1920 and 1923. To understand exactly where they come from we need to go back to Lorca’s first … Continue reading

Journals

Town Planning Review 89.4 Featured Article

The editors of TPR have selected ‘Congested cities vs. sprawl makes you fat: unpacking the health effects of planning density' by Ann Forsyth as the Featured Article for the latest issue. It will be free to access for a limited time here.  When asked to describe the paper, and highlight its importance, the author stated the following: In … Continue reading

Journals, News

Modern Church seeks to appoint a Managing Editor for Modern Believing from September 2018

The journal has a respected history and exists to promote the open and critical study of Christian faith, with a view to resourcing individuals, the churches, the academy, and institutions in support of a well-grounded liberal and critical approach to matters of faith and religion. The appointee will need to be sympathetic to the aims … Continue reading