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
The Cartographic Capital – Q&A with Kory Olson
This week we're celebrating the first title in the highly anticipated Studies in Modern and Contemporary France series. We sat down with author Kory Olson to discuss Parisian migration, urban spaces and the Third Republic in his new book The Cartographic Capital. Celebrating The Cartographic Capital by Kory Olson as the first title in the Studies in Modern and Contemporary France series. … Continue reading
The Performance of Listening in Postcolonial Francophone Culture – Five Minutes with Jennifer Solheim
'How do voices find listeners?' To celebrate the release of The Performance of Listening in Postcolonial Francophone Culture, we caught up with Jennifer Solheim to discuss the representation of music and listening. The Performance of Listening in Postcolonial Francophone Culture argues that globalized media has allowed for efficient transmission of transnational culture, why do you think this is … Continue reading
The Granny and the Heist!
The Granny and the Heist / La estanquera de Vallecas first ran soon after the death of Francisco Franco and the end of theatre censorship. Following his translation of the play, we caught up with Stuart Green and Lucy Meyer to discuss the messages implicit in the play and how the teaching resources included in this … Continue reading
Modern Languages Open: Italian Special Collection
Modern Languages Open (MLO), a peer-reviewed platform for the open access publication of research from across the modern languages, has published the Special Collection ‘Italy Made in Britain. Contemporary British Perspectives on Italian Culture’. This special issue is about how contemporary Britain perceives and imagines Italy, and how it mirrors itself in Italy’s image. Access … Continue reading
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