Author Bill Cooke examines some of the most popular claims about H G Wells's views on fascism, utopia, and science, viewing Wells as a public intellectual and revealing how he foresaw our current era of ecological disaster.
Pride Month 2024 Reading List
This Pride Month, we've put together a selection of books and journal articles which can help us learn about queerness and queer representation - from Trans-ing the enlightenment to new translations of classic Latin American Literature.
Horror That Haunts Us: A Conversation with Karrá Shimabukuro and Wickham Clayton
The horror film genre has evolved over the years to reflect our changing cultural fears. In "Horror That Haunts Us," scholars Karrá Shimabukuro and Wickham Clayton explore the resurgence of past horror themes in contemporary media. In this video blog, they discuss the relationship between horror and nostalgia, and the inspiration behind their new edited collection.
Lord Byron after 200 years
April 2024 marks the bicentenary of Lord Byron's death. In this blog post, introduced by leading Byron scholar Bernard Beatty, LUP are offering a discount on select books, and sharing a selection of free to read issues from The Byron Journal.
In Conversation with… Ann Cleeves
As part of our 125th anniversary, we are celebrating authors who published their first work with LUP and have gone on to have successful writing careers. Here is Alison Welsby, Editorial Director at LUP, in conversation with the acclaimed and award-winning crime fiction writer, Ann Cleeves, whose first published work was a chapter in LUP’s … Continue reading
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