The Byron Journal has reached an impressive milestone this month with the publication of its 50th issue. To celebrate, we're sharing a selection of Free to Read articles for the month alongside books about the poet. Take a look via the LUP blog:
LUP launches new series: Playwriting and the Contemporary: Critical Collaborations
Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce a new series: Playwriting and the Contemporary: Critical Collaborations, led by series editors Siân Adiseshiah (Loughborough University), Jacqueline Bolton (University of Lincoln), Nicholas Holden, (University of Greenwich), and Chris Megson (Royal Holloway, University of London). The series editors said: “We are delighted to bring this new book series to … Continue reading
A Day in the Life of John Keats, Medical Student and Assistant Surgeon
Hrileena Ghosh is the author of the latest volume in the English Association Monographs series, John Keats' Medical Notebook. Her study explores the poet's manuscript medical Notebook from his time at Guy’s Hospital (October 1815 – March 1816), recovering the intriguing and mutually enriching connections between Keats’ two careers of medicine and poetry. In this … Continue reading
Changing perspectives on W.G. Sebald, 5 minutes with Uwe Schütte
How can we re-think W.G. Sebald? Uwe Schütte discusses the controversial nature of the writer, Austerlitz and his new book W.G. Sebald... W.G. Sebald has been described as one of the greatest writers in living memory and believed by many to have been a possible winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Could you tell us a bit about … Continue reading
Virginia Woolf and the World of Books
How did Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press contribute to modern day independent publishing? Nicola Wilson and Claire Battershill discuss the innovations and successes of the press alongside their new book Virginia Woolf and the World of Books. Just over hundred years ago, in 1917, Leonard and Virginia Woolf began a publishing house from their dining-room table. Can … Continue reading
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