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 →

Enlightenment

The Letters of The Duchesse d’Elbeuf: Hostile Witness to the French Revolution

The Letters of The Duchesse d'Elbeuf: Hostile Witness to the French Revolution by Colin Jones, Simon Macdonald, and Alex Fairfax-Cholmeley has recently published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. This book features previously unpublished letters written by the duchesse d'Elbeuf which offer a vivid and exciting hostile account of the French Revolution and the … Continue reading →

Enlightenment

The beginning of a friendship: the Ottoman Empire and Prussia

Irena Fliter’s Ottomans in Eighteenth-Century Prussia: Delegates to Diplomats has recently published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. This book examines the cultural and social dynamics of Ottoman diplomacy in eighteenth-century Prussia. In this blog post, Irena Fliter introduces her new book with insights into the transformation which turned the former peripheral Prussian court into a … Continue reading →