literature
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GUEST POST: Tale as Old as Time
by Tom Rusbridge, University of Birmingham Disney’s live-action remake of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ was released in Spring 2017 and made its little-screen debut over Christmas. Following on from the animated feature classic of 1991, the fantastical nature of the… Continue reading
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Call For Papers: ‘Complaints and Grievances, 1500-1750’, 10th-11th July 2017
We are delighted to issue a call for papers for Reading University’s biennial Early Modern Studies Conference, ‘Complaints and Grievances, 1500-1750’ (10th-11th July 2017). There will be three strands running through the conference: medical grievances literary complaints political/religious grievances The keynote… Continue reading
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Walter Scott’s Rebecca: Medieval Maiden or Enlightenment Enigma?
by Dr Rebecca Rist The writer Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is perhaps best known today for his romantic medieval novel Ivanhoe, which was published in 1819. As an antiquarian and literary genius Scott loved the medieval world, yet he was… Continue reading
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