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Updating Roman Jakobson’s ‘Poetic Function’ with Vector Semantics
Read more: Updating Roman Jakobson’s ‘Poetic Function’ with Vector SemanticsKurzynski discusses how poetry extends beyond sound and rhythm and taps into a deeper network of meanings.
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Performing for Napoleon: Production Quarrels at the Paris Opéra
by Elisa Cazzato Those who have familiarity with the work backstage in a theatre or dance production will know that this is where quarrels and logistic tensions often occur. In my research at the Paris Opéra, I take a look…
The Demolition of Jeddah and the Relocation of a Neighbourhood in Turkey
Magnus Marsden explores the connection between built neighbourhoods and heritage.
Making Fields: Women in Publishing
by Nicola Wilson, Claire Battershill, Sophie Heywood, Marrisa Joseph, Daniela La Penna, Helen Southworth, Alice Staveley and Elizabeth Willson Gordon The Edinburgh Companion to Women in Publishing, 1900-2020 highlights the long history of women’s work as editors and publishers, designers,…
“So Revealing”: Yes, there was plenty of ballet in early America
By Lynn Matluck Brooks Ballet in early America? Didn’t we have to wait for the Russians to show up in the 1910s with the Ballets Russes, and for those who emigrated to the United States in the 1920s and ’30s?…
The discovery of the farthingale sleeve
by Ninya Mikhaila The discovery of rare, or unknown items of historic dress is always exciting. It can also be challenging when the extant object offers evidence which contradicts previously held beliefs about people in the past. A farthingale sleeve…
EUP 75: Our Publishing in Art and Visual Culture
Explore the journey of Art and Visual Culture publishing at Edinburgh University Press, from the 1960s to the most recent and innovative publications.
Arlecchino or Harlequin? Decision making in Literary Translation
by Naomi Mottram Fans of Commedia dell’Arte know that wherever Arlecchino appears, he causes trouble. So perhaps I should have known that he would cause trouble for me… While creating my translation of Sofia Sinitskaia’s tale, Mitrofanushka Durasov, which features…
What do these three Victorian actresses have in common?
by Amanda Hodgson What do these three Victorian actresses have in common? They all acted at one time or another at the Adelphi Theatre, but another thing they have in common, and the thing that interests me, is that they…
Q&A with the author of ReFocus: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan
by Brett Davies The author of ReFocus: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan chats about the writing process behind the book, what inspired him to explore the films of Lawrence Kasdan and what surprised him most during his research. Tell us…
EUP 75: Our Journals Publishing
Discover the story of journals publishing at Edinburgh University Press, from the beginnings in the 1980s all the way through to exciting current developments.