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Margaret Oliphant (2020)
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Sanders, V. (2020). Margaret Oliphant. Edward Everett Root Publishers

This concise new book provides close readings of both canonical and less familiar novels and articles by the novelist Margaret Oliphant (1828-97). They show how she maintained a spirited dialogue with her age, confronting its ingrained prejudices, wh... Read More about Margaret Oliphant.

Ruin and reformation in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Marvell (2019)
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Mottram, S. (2019). Ruin and reformation in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Marvell. Oxford University Press

Ruin and Reformation in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Marvell explores writerly responses to the religious violence of the long reformation in England and Wales, spanning over a century of literature and history, from the establishment of the national ch... Read More about Ruin and reformation in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Marvell.

Lady Butler: War artist and traveller, 1846-1933 (2019)
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Wynne, C. (2019). Lady Butler: War artist and traveller, 1846-1933. Four Courts Press

This is the first biography of Victorian Britain’s greatest war artist, Elizabeth Thompson Butler, who found fame and public acclaim after exhibiting her Crimean War painting The Roll Call in 1874.

Critical policy discourse analysis (2019)
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Montesano Montessori, N., Farrelly, M., & Mulderrig, J. (Eds.). (2019). Critical policy discourse analysis. London: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974967

© Nicolina Montesano Montessori, Michael Farrelly and Jane Mulderrig 2019. All rights reserved. This book provides a series of contemporary and international policy case studies analysed through discursive methodological approaches in the traditions... Read More about Critical policy discourse analysis.

Nuns’ Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Antwerp Dialogue (2018)
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Blanton, V., O'Mara, V., & Stoop, P. (Eds.). (2018). Nuns’ Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Antwerp Dialogue. Brepols

This collection of essays, the third in an integrated series of three and focused on the literacies of nuns in medieval Europe, brings together specialists working on diverse geographical areas to create a dialogue about the Latin and vernacular tex... Read More about Nuns’ Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Antwerp Dialogue.

Editing Women's Writing, 1670-1840 (2018)
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Culley, A., & Fitzer, A. M. (Eds.). (2018). Editing Women's Writing, 1670-1840. London and New York: Routledge

This edited volume is the first to reflect on the theory and practice of editing women’s writing of the 18th century. The list of contributors includes experts on the fiction, drama, poetry, life-writing, diaries and correspondence of familiar and le... Read More about Editing Women's Writing, 1670-1840.

Ekphrastic encounters: New interdisciplinary essays on literature and the visual arts (2018)
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Meek, R. (2018). D. Kennedy, & R. Meek (Eds.). Ekphrastic encounters: New interdisciplinary essays on literature and the visual arts. Manchester University Press

This book offers a comprehensive reassessment of ekphrasis: the verbal representation of visual art. Ekphrasis has been traditionally regarded as a form of paragone (competition) between word and image. This interdisciplinary collection of essays see... Read More about Ekphrastic encounters: New interdisciplinary essays on literature and the visual arts.

From Republic to Restoration: Legacies and Departures (2018)
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Clare, J. (Ed.). (2018). From Republic to Restoration: Legacies and Departures. Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9780719089688.001.0001

This volume challenges a traditional period divide of 1660, exploring continuities with the decades of civil war, the Republic and Restoration and shedding new light on religious, political and cultural conditions before and after the restoration of... Read More about From Republic to Restoration: Legacies and Departures.

Tasso's art and afterlives: the 'Gerusalemme liberata' in England (2017)
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Lawrence, J. (2017). Tasso's art and afterlives: the 'Gerusalemme liberata' in England. Manchester University Press

This interdisciplinary book examines the literary, artistic and biographical afterlives in England of the great Italian poet Torquato Tasso, from before his death in 1595 to the end of the nineteenth century. Focusing predominantly on the impact of h... Read More about Tasso's art and afterlives: the 'Gerusalemme liberata' in England.

End Notes (2017)
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French, R., McKay, K., Chard, S., Sutter, M., Lavery, B., McCrory, M., Dearden, S., Wheatley, D., & Hautala, T. (2017). R. French, & K. McKay (Eds.). End Notes. Edge Publishing

A collection of stories by 8 writers, End Notes tackles with compassion, insight and humour changes in the way we view dying, death and bereavement and how best to mourn and commemorate those we love. This Arts & Humanities Research Council funded eb... Read More about End Notes.

Bram Stoker and the Gothic: Formations to Transformations (2016)
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Wynne, C. (2016). C. Wynne (Ed.). Bram Stoker and the Gothic: Formations to Transformations. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137465047

'My revenge is just begun! I spread it over centuries, and time is on my side,' warns Dracula. This statement is descriptive of the Gothic genre. Like the Count, the Gothic encompasses and has manifested itself in many forms. Bram Stoker and the Goth... Read More about Bram Stoker and the Gothic: Formations to Transformations.

Harriet Martineau and the birth of disciplines: Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse (2016)
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Sanders, V. (2016). V. Sanders, & G. Weiner (Eds.), Harriet Martineau and the birth of disciplines: Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse. Routledge

One of the foremost writers of her time, Harriet Martineau established her reputation by writing a hugely successful series of fictional tales on political economy whose wide readership included the young Queen Victoria. She went on to write fiction... Read More about Harriet Martineau and the birth of disciplines: Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse.

Harriet Martineau and the Birth of Disciplines : Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse (2016)
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Sanders, V., & Weiner, G. (Eds.). (2016). Harriet Martineau and the Birth of Disciplines : Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315586229

A collection of essays by various contributors each addressing Martineau's contribution to an intellectual discipline. Introduction and Afterword by Valerie Sanders and Gaby Weiner. I have also contributed one chapter on Martineau's Journalism

The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences (2016)
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Burgess, G., Wymer, R., & Lawrence, J. (2016). The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230501584

This book analyzes the consequences of the accession of James I in 1603 for English and British history, politics, literature and culture. Questioning the extent to which 1603 marked a radical break with the past, the book explores the Scottish, Wels... Read More about The accession of James I: Historical and cultural consequences.

The selected works of Margaret Oliphant, Part V Volume 20 - Hester (2015)
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Sanders, V. (2015). V. Sanders (Ed.). The selected works of Margaret Oliphant, Part V Volume 20 - Hester. Routledge

Margaret Oliphant (1828-97) had a prolific literary career that spanned almost fifty years. She wrote some 98 novels, fifty or more short stories, twenty-five works of non-fiction, including biographies and historic guides to European cities, and mor... Read More about The selected works of Margaret Oliphant, Part V Volume 20 - Hester.

Nuns' Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Kansas City Dialogue (2015)
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Blanton, V., O’Mara, V., & Stoop, P. (Eds.). (2015). Nuns' Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Kansas City Dialogue. Turnhout: Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MWTC-EB.5.108474

The present volume is the second in a series of three integrated publications, the first produced in 2013 as Nuns' Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Hull Dialogue. Like that volume, this collection of essays, focused on various aspects of nuns' lite... Read More about Nuns' Literacies in Medieval Europe: The Kansas City Dialogue.

The Renaissance of emotion: Understanding affect in Shakespeare and his contemporaries (2015)
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(2015). R. Meek, & E. Sullivan (Eds.), The Renaissance of emotion: Understanding affect in Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press

© Manchester University Press 2015. All right reserved. This collection of essays offers a major reassessment of the meaning and significance of emotional experience in the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Recent scholarship on early moder... Read More about The Renaissance of emotion: Understanding affect in Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Discourse and democracy: Critical analysis of the language of government (2014)
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Farrelly, M. (2014). Discourse and democracy: Critical analysis of the language of government. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315777948

In this new study, Farrelly gives a critical examination of democracy as it is conceived and practiced in contemporary advanced liberal nations. The received wisdom on democracy is probelmatized through a close analysis of discourse in combination wi... Read More about Discourse and democracy: Critical analysis of the language of government.

Shakespeare's Stage Traffic: Imitation, Borrowing and Competition in Renaissance Theatre (2014)
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Clare, J. (2014). Shakespeare's Stage Traffic: Imitation, Borrowing and Competition in Renaissance Theatre. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139626934

Shakespeare's unique status has made critics reluctant to acknowledge the extent to which some of his plays are the outcome of adaptation. In Shakespeare's Stage Traffic Janet Clare re-situates Shakespeare's dramaturgy within the flourishing and comp... Read More about Shakespeare's Stage Traffic: Imitation, Borrowing and Competition in Renaissance Theatre.