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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.
Q&A with the author of Contesting Cosmopolitan Moments in the Long Eighteenth Century
Enit K Steiner, the author of Contesting Cosmopolitan Moments in the Long Eighteenth Century, discusses the making of her book in this blog.
Q&A with the editors of Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories
Richard Barlow and Paul Fagan discuss their exciting new essay collection on the work of Irish author James Joyce.
5 reasons why Dickens wasn’t a bad playwright
The editors of The Plays of Charles Dickens discuss five arguments in defense of Dickens's dramatic works.
Is There Such a Thing as an Irish Female Child?
Jane Elizabeth Dougherty discusses the Irish female developmental story.
New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland: A Q&A with Stuart Dunmore
Stuart Dunmore discusses his motivations for researching new Gaelic speakers, and the incredible places and experiences this led to.
Techno-Cognitivism: Reimagining Literature in the Age of Language Models
Maciej Kurzynski discusses how embracing new language models can revolutionise literary studies.
Freedom and the Sea
What is the point of the connection between sea power and liberty?
How long has there been a “modern” English literature?
by A. Robert Lee In this ambitious new study A. Robert Lee tackles the question of how, and why, a given selection of English literary writings can assume the mantle of “modern.” To this end Moderns – Chaucer to Contemporary…
Q&A with the author of Whiteness, Feminism and the Absurd in Contemporary British and US Poetry
A Q&A with Jenna Clake, author of Whiteness, Feminism and the Absurd in Contemporary British and US Poetry.