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‘Who the Devil taught thee so much Italian?’: Italian language learning and literary imitation in Early Modern England (2006)
Book
Lawrence, J. (2006). ‘Who the Devil taught thee so much Italian?’: Italian language learning and literary imitation in Early Modern England. Manchester: Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781847794390

This book offers a comprehensive account of the methods and practice of learning modern languages, particularly Italian, in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century England. It is the first study to suggest a fundamental connection between langua... Read More about ‘Who the Devil taught thee so much Italian?’: Italian language learning and literary imitation in Early Modern England.

The rebel, the lady and the 'anti': femininity, anti-feminism, and the Victorian woman writer (2006)
Journal Article
Heilmann, A., & Sanders, V. (2006). The rebel, the lady and the 'anti': femininity, anti-feminism, and the Victorian woman writer. Women's studies international forum, 29(3), 289-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2006.04.008

Anti-feminist journalists and women writers had a crucial role in contributing to the feminist debate in Victorian Britain. As an organized political movement Victorian anti-feminism significantly post-dated the rise of anti-feminist literature in th... Read More about The rebel, the lady and the 'anti': femininity, anti-feminism, and the Victorian woman writer.

'House of disquiet': The Benson family auto/biographies (2006)
Book Chapter
Sanders, V. (2006). 'House of disquiet': The Benson family auto/biographies. In D. Amigoni (Ed.), Life Writing and Victorian Culture (215-231). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315250502

The Bensons were a Victorian family dedicated to telling and retelling the story of their lives. The Bensons have attracted considerable interest from critics and historians working in the field of Victorianfamily relations and masculinity, especiall... Read More about 'House of disquiet': The Benson family auto/biographies.

Laughing at Monsters in Richard Coeur de Lyon (2006)
Book Chapter
Coote, L. (2006). Laughing at Monsters in Richard Coeur de Lyon. In A. P. Tudor, & A. Hindley (Eds.), Grant Risee? : the medieval comic presence / La présence comique médiévale ; essays in memory of Brian J. Levy (193 - 211). Turnhout: Brepols