The Wanderings of Modernism addresses the notion of wandering in English-speaking literary modernism. Focusing on the interwar period, it encompasses the material aspects of wandering lifestyles, their social and cultural conceptualizations, from tourism to exile, and the politics of localization and displacement, from a diverse range of scholarly and theoretical perspectives. James Joyce and the … Continue reading
Black History Month 2025: Reading List
To mark Black History Month, we’ve put together a list of books and journal articles which provide new and critical insights into the area. Each article has been made Free to Read throughout October.
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.
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
Call for Papers | Journal of Romance Studies
Journal of Romance Studies (JRS) invites submissions of articles and special issue proposals for forthcoming issues of the journal.
