Art, Literature, History, Religious Studies, books, The British Academy

The State Bibles

The State Bibles: The Anglo-Dutch Politics of the King James Version and the Statenvertaling, by Esther van Raamsdonk, published by the British Academy, is the first extended comparative study of two key bible translations of the early modern period – the King James Version (1611) and the Dutch Statenvertaling (1637).

News, Literature, Journals

Liverpool University Press to become publisher of Australian Literary Studies

Liverpool University Press (LUP) is pleased to announce that it will become the new publisher of Australian Literary Studies, the fully refereed journal devoted to Australian literary criticism, as well as that which expands the scope of literary studies internationally.

Literature, science fiction

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing: an entire library full of it is perilous . . .

The latest book in our Writers and their Work series, Terry Pratchett, discusses the full range of Terry Pratchett’s writing, from Discworld to his equally successful, award-winning novels for children and the unrelated “stand-alone” novels. It explores Pratchett's development as a writer, showing how “story” – the narrative we build about ourselves and the world … Continue reading