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Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle: multi-media afterlives
Book
Vanacker, S., & Wynne, C. Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle: multi-media afterlives. The University of Hull

Co-edited collection with Sabine Vanacker

Making history: essays on the fornaldarsögur
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Arnold, M., & Finlay, A. Making history: essays on the fornaldarsögur. The University of Hull

Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance
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King, E., & Prior, H. Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance. The University of Hull

Familiarity underpins our engagement with music. This book highlights theoretical and empirical considerations about familiarity from three perspectives: listening, musicology and performance. Part I, ‘Listening', addresses familiarity as it relates... Read More about Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance.

The collected letters of Ellen Terry. Vol. 3 1894-98
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Cockin, K. The collected letters of Ellen Terry. Vol. 3 1894-98. The University of Hull

Ellen Terry (1847–1928) was one of the first modern stars of the British stage. She toured America and Australia and was adored by the public, and has become an icon of Victorian womanhood. A transitional figure, Terry straddled both the Victorian an... Read More about The collected letters of Ellen Terry. Vol. 3 1894-98.

Selling Berlin: Imagebildung und Stadtmarketing von der preußischen Residenz bis zur Bundeshauptstadt
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Biskup, T., & Schalenberg, M. Selling Berlin: Imagebildung und Stadtmarketing von der preußischen Residenz bis zur Bundeshauptstadt. The University of Hull

Lost letters of medieval life: English society, 1200-1250
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Crouch, D., & Carlin, M. Lost letters of medieval life: English society, 1200-1250. The University of Hull

A collection of 100 letters drawn from formularies of the early thirteenth century, illustrating commercial, social and political life of the period, with an introductory essay on medieval literacy and letter-writing culture

SDL Trados Studio 2014
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Linder, M. D. SDL Trados Studio 2014

Finding North
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Finding North

What is Northerness? Where does it begin and end? Are parts of the South more like the North than others, and if so, what are the things they have in common that bring them together - religion, art, sport, a certain stubborn pride in being different?... Read More about Finding North.

Vikings up North: The Legend of Ragnar Hairy-Breeches
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Arnold, M., Underwood, J., & Weston, D. Vikings up North: The Legend of Ragnar Hairy-Breeches

In 866, the first Viking Great Army established itself at York and remained there for the next 80 years. The army was led by the five Ragnarssons – Ivar the Boneless, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, Bjorn Ironside, Halfdan and Ubba. According to medieval Sc... Read More about Vikings up North: The Legend of Ragnar Hairy-Breeches.

Poetry for the city? Philip Larkin and Others
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Weston, D., & Underwood, J. Poetry for the city? Philip Larkin and Others

Philip Larkin will surely feature in our year as City of Culture in 2017 as the most famous and popular writer in modern times to dwell in and write about Hull. His poetry and that of others like him who have by turns celebrated and criticised the ci... Read More about Poetry for the city? Philip Larkin and Others.

Hidden Hull : uncovering Andrew Marvell's lost city
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Mottram, S. J. Hidden Hull : uncovering Andrew Marvell's lost city

Hull has been called England’s most poetic city, but what can poetry from Hull teach us about the urban landscape of the city itself? The Hull poet and MP Andrew Marvell (1621-78) is today recognized alongside Milton as one of the most important poet... Read More about Hidden Hull : uncovering Andrew Marvell's lost city.

The emotional life of Shakespeare’s Sonnets
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Craik, K. The emotional life of Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Shakespeare’s Sonnets have always stirred impassioned responses among readers. Perhaps most famously, Oscar Wilde’s obsessive scholar Cyril Graham shoots himself with a revolver in The Portrait of Mr W.H. in order to defend his belief that Shakespear... Read More about The emotional life of Shakespeare’s Sonnets.

The impact of advances in information technology on the cartographic interface in social planning
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Kirby, G. H., & Visvalingam, M. The impact of advances in information technology on the cartographic interface in social planning

Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South: regional prejudice in the mid-Victorian novel
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Hammond, M. Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South: regional prejudice in the mid-Victorian novel

Gaskell's 1855 novel North and South represents an important departure from her earlier works, which presented mid-century Northern industrial cities as grim centres of poverty, suffering, class prejudice and vice. In North and South, Gaskell's view... Read More about Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South: regional prejudice in the mid-Victorian novel.

The emotions of war in Romantic Poetry
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Csengei, I. The emotions of war in Romantic Poetry

In Canto III of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Harold, Byron's restless unsociable hero visits the field of Waterloo. In 1815 this was a sight of carnage: over forty thousand were killed in the battle that brought victory for Britain and Europe. This tal... Read More about The emotions of war in Romantic Poetry.

Victorian sympathy and the birth of empathy
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Burdett, C. Victorian sympathy and the birth of empathy

Sympathy was enormously important for the Victorians. It was a central aspect of novels - where a narrator helps us look inside characters' minds and hearts. The novelist who did most to underline the moral work of the novel in this respect was Georg... Read More about Victorian sympathy and the birth of empathy.

Writing happiness: literature and contentment c.1900-1945
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Martin, K. Writing happiness: literature and contentment c.1900-1945

What is happiness? Can we measure it? How far does it depend on chance circumstances? How far is it something that we can create for ourselves? This talk will explore how literary texts offer answers to questions about well-being that continue to res... Read More about Writing happiness: literature and contentment c.1900-1945.

Rural Englands: perceptions of country life and work in the Nineteenth Century
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Sloan, B. Rural Englands: perceptions of country life and work in the Nineteenth Century

What do we imagine rural life and work were like in the nineteenth century? How did they change in the period, and what impact did this have? Where do we get our ideas from? This talk will draw on contemporary literature, journals and social commenta... Read More about Rural Englands: perceptions of country life and work in the Nineteenth Century.

A Pageant of Great Women
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Hamilton, C., & Birch, A. A Pageant of Great Women

A Pageant of Great Women by Cicely Hamilton, a women's suffrage play first performed in 1909, was produced by Dr Anna Birch for the University of Hull on 7 May 2011 as part of Professor Katharine Cockin's Pageants and Pioneers project. The performanc... Read More about A Pageant of Great Women.

Domesday facsimile 1c
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Palmer, J., Palmer, M., & Slater, G. Domesday facsimile 1c. [Dataset]

Digital images of the Ordnance Survey facsimile of Domesday Book, organised by Domesday counties as originally published by the Ordnance Survey between 1861 and 1864. The 31 counties of Great Domesday comprise 383 folios (766 images), the 3 of Little... Read More about Domesday facsimile 1c.