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Anything But Summertime: The Performance of Truth in Theatrical Domestic Noir (2020)
Thesis
Knightley, R. (2020). Anything But Summertime: The Performance of Truth in Theatrical Domestic Noir. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4923074

This thesis comprises a novel and an exegesis. Anything But Summertime is a theatrical literary domestic noir novel of London theatre. Set designer Joanna ‘Very’ Cross, ex-Catholic blue-haired goth, is about to light her last cigarette before quittin... Read More about Anything But Summertime: The Performance of Truth in Theatrical Domestic Noir.

“Mediocrity in the sensations”: Charlotte Brontë and the Yorkshire Marriage (2020)
Book Chapter
Sanders, V. (2020). “Mediocrity in the sensations”: Charlotte Brontë and the Yorkshire Marriage. In J. Pizzo, & E. Houghton (Eds.), Charlotte Bronte, Embodiment and the Natural World (75-94). Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34855-7_4

In a letter of 1840 to her friend Ellen Nussey, Charlotte Brontë ironically advises that “mediocrity in the sensations is superlative wisdom,” especially in the context of the “Yorkshire marriage” based on wealth, rather than the mutual affinity she... Read More about “Mediocrity in the sensations”: Charlotte Brontë and the Yorkshire Marriage.

Margaret Oliphant (2020)
Book
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.

Does the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) sufficiently prioritise enablement of access to therapeutic opioids? A systematic critical analysis of six INCB annual reports, 1968-2018 (2020)
Journal Article
Clark, J. D., Johnson, M., Fabowale, B., Farrelly, M., & Currow, D. (in press). Does the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) sufficiently prioritise enablement of access to therapeutic opioids? A systematic critical analysis of six INCB annual reports, 1968-2018. Journal of Global Health Reports, 4, Article e2020042

Background
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has overseen international drug control since 1968 with the dual remit of restricting illicit production and use of controlled substances, whilst enabling access for clinical purposes. Two... Read More about Does the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) sufficiently prioritise enablement of access to therapeutic opioids? A systematic critical analysis of six INCB annual reports, 1968-2018.

Metaphors for Change: the Narrative Power of Domestic Space in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Women’s Writing (2020)
Thesis
Goodman, J. E. Metaphors for Change: the Narrative Power of Domestic Space in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Women’s Writing. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4420801

Domestic spaces carry layers of meaning. They evidence structural changes over time, representing different social and economic ideologies and priorities. Their spatial organisation affects the way that life is conducted within them. They are the phy... Read More about Metaphors for Change: the Narrative Power of Domestic Space in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Women’s Writing.

Analysing the representation of social actors: The conceptualisation of objects of governance (2019)
Book Chapter
Farrelly, M. (2019). Analysing the representation of social actors: The conceptualisation of objects of governance. In N. Montesano Montessori, M. Farrelly, & J. Mulderrig (Eds.), Critical Policy Discourse Analysis (147-168). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974967.00012

Analysis of how policy-makers and legislators represent social actors in texts can give valuable insight into their conceptualisation of objects of governance. Drawing on Van Leeuwen’s methodological work in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and the... Read More about Analysing the representation of social actors: The conceptualisation of objects of governance.

Mrs. Oliphant's Shopping: The Pleasures and Perils of Consumerism in Margaret Oliphant's Major Fiction (2019)
Journal Article
Sanders, V. (2019). Mrs. Oliphant's Shopping: The Pleasures and Perils of Consumerism in Margaret Oliphant's Major Fiction. Yearbook of English Studies, 49, 48-66. https://doi.org/10.5699/yearenglstud.49.2019.0048

Margaret Oliphant’s novels make frequent reference to the consumer culture of the period, ranging from shopping in department stores to the purchase of art works by private collectors. Both female and male shoppers feature in her novels, and the good... Read More about Mrs. Oliphant's Shopping: The Pleasures and Perils of Consumerism in Margaret Oliphant's Major Fiction.

The Legacy of Empire and the Politics of the Family in the Neo-Historical Fictions of Egypt, Ireland and India (2019)
Thesis
Alharthi, L. S. A. (2019). The Legacy of Empire and the Politics of the Family in the Neo-Historical Fictions of Egypt, Ireland and India. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4912925

This thesis addresses neo-historical novels dealing with the legacy of the British Empire and its enduring impact on family. It focuses on the colonial experience in three countries colonized by Britain: Egypt, Ireland and India. It examines fives ne... Read More about The Legacy of Empire and the Politics of the Family in the Neo-Historical Fictions of Egypt, Ireland and India.

Charles Kingsley's Anthropology of the Generations (2019)
Journal Article
Sanders, V. (2019). Charles Kingsley's Anthropology of the Generations. Journal of Victorian Culture, 24(3), 316-322. https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcz019

In 1852, Charles Kingsley (1819-75) declared his wish to ‘put the anthropology of men of my own generation on as sound a footing as I can,’ so that they would have clear religious and moral principles with which to face the challenges ahead of them.... Read More about Charles Kingsley's Anthropology of the Generations.

Rethinking intertextuality in CDA (2019)
Journal Article
Farrelly, M. (2020). Rethinking intertextuality in CDA. Critical Discourse Studies, 17(4), 359-376. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2019.1609538

Intertextuality–instances of texts linking to other texts (explicitly, implicitly, by referring to them or incorporating elements of them)–is a key concept with which CDA accounts for discursive elements in social relations of power and solidarity. H... Read More about Rethinking intertextuality in CDA.

By the Fireside: Margaret Oliphant's Armchair Commentaries (2019)
Book Chapter
Sanders, V. (2019). By the Fireside: Margaret Oliphant's Armchair Commentaries. In A. Easley, C. Gill, & B. Rodgers (Eds.), Women, Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1830s-1900s: The Victorian Period (379-392). Edinburgh University Press

Ruin and reformation in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Marvell (2019)
Book
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.