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6 Things About Irish Literature and Periodical Culture You Probably Didn’t Know
Read more: 6 Things About Irish Literature and Periodical Culture You Probably Didn’t KnowDiscover six surprising facts about Irish literature, from James Joyce to forgotten writers and literary magazines.
A Tale of Two Kens: Drama, documentary and the subversion of the status quo
By John Hill My interest in writing about the work of the film and television director Ken Russell partly derived…
Kinds of Insight
By Kate McLoughlin This article arose from a paper I gave at the conference on the Long Modernist Novel at…
The Pleasures of Literary Communication
By Roger D. Sell Literary activity can be studied as one among other kinds of human communication. Such an approach…
The Lang Road to Scottish History
By Catriona M.M. Macdonald Historians frequently address reputations in their work, indeed they are central to some of the most…
A Matter of Life and Death: the Fourth Act in Shakespearean Tragedy
By Lisa Hopkins Having an associative mind is often a source of shame, but it does occasionally have benefits. Two…
Nuancing Ken Russell
By Kevin M. Flanagan Director Ken Russell (1927-2011) tends to evoke extreme reactions. Critics, academics, and fans lavish a few…
The semantic dimension of Newtonian Power
By Asher Jiang The concept of physical power in its modern forms has been introduced by Sir Isaac Newton in…
Introducing The Great Seljuk Empire
The Seljuks reshaped the Middle East and established enduring Turkish political, cultural and religious traditions.
Descartes in Scotland and pre-Enlightenment Scottish philosophy
By Giovanni Gellera Until recently, the question ‘What was philosophy like in Scotland before the Enlightenment?’ met a standard answer…