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More Than Just Shade: 3 Surprising Stories About the 19th-Century Parasol
Read more: More Than Just Shade: 3 Surprising Stories About the 19th-Century ParasolElena Vanden Abeele investigates the functions, symbols and hidden meanings behind the parsol in the 19th century.
Ben Jonson Journal Celebrates 25 Years

2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the Ben Jonson Journal. Read on and learn more about the history and impact…
Women’s Cinema as Genre Cinema

An extract from the introduction of Genre, Authorship and Contemporary Women Filmmakers By Katarzyna Paszkiewicz I don’t think I’ve…
It should not be ‘a matter of £ s d.’: The Crown estate, foreshore and the public interest

One of the reasons for the devolution of the management of the Scottish Crown estate property to the Scottish government…
10 Things to Count on when Working on Literature and Mathematics

By Nina Engelhardt 1. Contrast Mentioning ‘literature and mathematics’ in one breath often leads to raised eyebrows and reminders of…
Ninteenth-Century Local Governance in Ottoman Bulgaria

An account of how bureaucratic procedures created the space for political conflict and slander in nineteenth-century Ottoman Bulgaria and what…
Walter Scott the “mighty minstrel” and Marmion

Walter Scott’s poetry dominated the early years of the nineteenth century but has subsequently fallen into relative obscurity. The first…
You Don’t Know Jacques: Speculative Realism, New Materialism, and the Denial of Deconstruction

Fifty years have passed since the publication of Of Grammatology, and the Oxford Literary Review has dedicated its July 2018…
Studying sixteenth-century France from inside and outside France

My guest edited special issue of Nottingham French Studies (NFS), explores ‘Text, Knowledge and Wonder in Early Modern France‘, fleshing out…
A Q&A with Nataša Kovačević, author of Uncommon Alliances: Cultural Narratives of Migration in the New Europe

Tell us a bit about Uncommon Alliances: Cultural Narratives of Migration in the New Europe The book analyses cultural narratives…