Journals, Literature, News

Conference Registration and Call for Papers | Land and Sea in the Age of Sterne

We are delighted to announce that proposals and registrations for the Laurence Sterne Conference 2025 are now open. Terraqueous Globe: Land and Sea in the Age of Sterne marks a new publishing partnership between The Shandean and Liverpool University Press and the conference will be held at the School of the Arts Library, University of Liverpool.

History, Literature

Exploring Rachel Speght: A Trailblazing Voice in Early Modern Polemic Writing

The Life of Rachel Speght, by Helen M. Stringer, has recently been published in the English Association Monographs: English at the Interface series. This blog post explores the biographical study of the boundary-pushing early modern polemicist Rachel Speght. At a time when geo-political borders are hardening all around us at a disturbing rate, the work of crossing … Continue reading