Modern Languages, News

Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce a new series editor for Studies in Modern and Contemporary France

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Siham Bouamer is joining the team of editors for our Studies in Modern and Contemporary France book series.

Literature

Refounding the nation: America and the Modernist Epic

In this blog post Adam Nemmers, author of American Modern(ist) Epic: Novels to Found a Nation (Clemson University Press), introduces the genre of modernist epic novel and reflects on the centennial anniversaries of the modernist movement. American Modern(ist) Epic argues that a cadre of minority novelists revitalized the classic epic form in an effort to … Continue reading

Literature, Modern Languages

An interview with Maria Kathryn Tomlinson, author of ‘From Menstruation to the Menopause’

To celebrate the publication and upcoming book launch of her new book, Dr. Tomlinson was interviewed by fellow LUP author, Dr. Wimbush to discuss the novel and the ways in which it handles representations of menstruation, childbirth and the menopause in women's writing in French.

Literature, postcolonial studies

The Postcolonial African Genocide Novel: Quests for Meaningfulness

In this recent interview with Professor Andrew Burke at the University of Winnipeg, Professor Anyaduba discusses his new book, The Postcolonial African Genocide Novel.

History, Literature, postcolonial studies

Sex, Sea and Self: Jacqueline Couti talks to Katharine Shilcutt for Rice University

This article explores the 'Sex, Sea and Self''s ideas in further depth, examining Couti's thoughts on selfhood, French Caribbean literature and the sexualisation of black female bodies.