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Originality and Artistic Impulse: From a Medieval Scottish Friar to Malevich’s Black Square
Read more: Originality and Artistic Impulse: From a Medieval Scottish Friar to Malevich’s Black SquareIs there any such thing as a new idea? Bryony Coombs discusses similarities in artistic expression, centuries apart.
Gothic Novel or Grad School?: A Quiz
By Anna Williams Directions: read the plots below and determine whether they describe a Gothic novel or grad school. A young woman finds herself irreparably distanced from her family and loved ones, holed up in a once-glorious edifice that’s now…
Staging Banquo’s Ghost
Catherine Belsey and Alan Dessen discuss the complexities of creating Banquo's ghost for the stage in Macbeth.
An extract from Lucretius II by Thomas Nail
Take a peek at the book extract from the recently published Lucretius II: An Ethics of Motion by Thomas Nail. How can the fear of death lead us to unethical action? In his didactic poem De Rerum Natura, Lucretius tell…
Irish University Review turns 50!
Irish University Review, the leading journal dedicated to Irish literary criticism, turns 50 this year, and to celebrate, we have launched a virtual issue that is available to read for free online until the end of the year. Articles have…
Ghost Stories in the Post-Truth Age – A Dialogue
Charlie Pidcock interviews Catherine Belsey about her latest book, Tales of the Troubled Dead, which traces examples of ghost stories from Homer to present.
Making Renaissance Literature Matter Now: Five Practical Strategies for Pursuing Justice in the Classroom
Making Renaissance Literature Matter Now: Wendy Beth Hyman and Hillary Eklund discuss five practical strategies for pursuing justice in the classroom
Ovid and Adaptation in Early Modern English Theatre
Lisa Starks and the contributors discuss their interest in Ovid and Adaptation in Early Modern English Theatre.
Face to Face in Shakespearean Drama: A conversation between Matthew James Smith and Julia Reinhard Lupton
Matthew James Smith and Julia Reinhard Lupton discuss, in conversation, how the volume 'Face to Face in Shakespearean Drama' came about.
The Case for the Nineteenth-Century Irish Novel
Many Mullen discusses the work of Irish novels and novelists, anachronism and nineteenth century realism.