Irish University Review, the leading journal dedicated to Irish literary criticism, turns 50 this year, and to celebrate, we have…
Category: Post 19th Century Literary Studies
By Heike Henderson What can contemporary techno thrillers tell us about possible future developments in the areas of surveillance, data…
I came to crime fiction studies through the back door. Like many people, I grew up reading mysteries. Franklin W….
Charlie Pidcock interviews Catherine Belsey about her latest book, Tales of the Troubled Dead, which traces examples of ghost stories from Homer to present.
Once known primarily as the author of ‘twee’ children’s books about fastidious mice and naughty rabbits, Beatrix Potter has gained…
Audrey Murfin explores Robert Louis Stevenson and his methods of Character Creation
Many Mullen discusses the work of Irish novels and novelists, anachronism and nineteenth century realism.
Michael Demson discusses the essays contributed to a new edited collection on Peterloo.
Cultural History
Finding a Language of My Own – Maya Issam Kesrouany on the Making of Modern Egyptian Literature
Much like the translators in my book (Prophetic Translation: The Making of Modern Egyptian Literature), I have also found myself…
Jane de Gay discusses what Virginia Woolf really thought about Easter in a series of blog posts throughout Holy Week.