David Sweeney discusses the Netflix Originals Series, The OA, in the context of reincarnation, social mobility and the multiverse, as well as questions that arose following the series. Death is not the end for Prairie Johnson in the Netflix Originals TV series The OA (2016-19); rather it creates the opportunity for her to travel to … Continue reading
Q&A With Nikolaj Lübecker: Author of Twenty-First-Century Symbolism
In an exclusive Q&A for Liverpool University Press, Lübecker chats to us about his latest book, reading nineteenth-century French poetry with a philosophical corpus, as well as his concerns for the visual.
Down From London? Looking for Literary Trouble at the British Seaside
Down from London by Carolyn W. de la L. Oulton explores ‘seaside reading’ in the 1840s-1930s, from early sensation novels to crime and romance fiction. In this blog post Oulton considers the origins of the British seaside holiday and literary tourism. The seaside summer holiday, as frustrated globetrotters have been regularly reminded in the last three … Continue reading
Harold Norse: Poet Maverick, Gay Laureate
Harold Norse: Poet Maverick, Gay Laureate, edited by A. Robert Lee and Douglas Field and published by Clemson University Press, is the first volume of essays on the enigmatic but overlooked poet and artist associated with the Beats and Gay Liberation poetry. In this blog post, the book's editors reflect on why Norse was a … Continue reading
The Shelleys and the Brownings
New to our English Association Monographs series, The Shelleys and the Brownings by Rieko Suzuki is the first book to focus solely on the intertextual relationships between the Shelleys and the Brownings. In this blog post, Suzuki considers the legacies of these four writers. As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Shelley’s death this year, we … Continue reading
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