Literature, News

LUP launches new series: Liverpool Studies in Literature and Environment

Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce a new series: Liverpool Studies in Literature and Environment, led by series editors Adeline Johns-Putra (Monash University Malaysia), Nicole Seymour (California State University, Fullerton) and Sam Solnick (University of Liverpool).  The series editors said: “We are delighted to be working together on this series – which, as the only UK university … Continue reading

History, Literature, Liverpool Interest

Liverpool: A Memoir of Words – In Conversation with Tony Crowley

The author of The Liverpool English Dictionary and Scouse: A Social and Cultural History has a new book publishing with LUP on 1st November. Tony Crowley’s Liverpool: A Memoir of Words is a work of creative non-fiction that combines the study of language in Liverpool with social history, the history of the English language and personal … Continue reading

Literature, postcolonial studies

The Continuities of Neoliberalism

Grounded in a fine-grained analysis of contemporary Indian fiction, Beyond Alterity: Contemporary Indian Fiction and the Neoliberal Script by Shakti Jaising argues that the logic of neoliberal capitalism and the steady proliferation of its ideological script have produced significant continuities in class dynamics, subjective experience, as well as literary and cultural expression across the North-South … Continue reading

History, Journals, Literature, Modern Languages, News, Political History, postcolonial studies, science fiction

Black History Month: The LUP Reading List

To mark Black History Month, we’ve put together a list of books and journal articles which provide new and critical insights into the area. Each article has been made Free to Read throughout October.