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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.
Chastity and Capitalism, from Shakespeare’s England to Trump’s America
By Katherine Gillen Interest in Shakespeare’s economic philosophy intensified in the wake of the 2008 financial crash, reaching beyond academic circles…
OLR 40th Anniversary – Jacques Derrida
Welcome to July! This month we are doubly celebrating as, not only does OLR keep embracing the ripe age of…
An Intricate Transatlantic Triangle: US, UK and German Relations
Since the Federal Republic of Germany’s admission into NATO in 1955, German–American relations have been a cornerstone of transatlantic and…
An unfinished masterpiece by Robert Louis Stevenson
By Gillian Hughes Many of Stevenson’s longer works of fiction might be characterised as historical novels: in Weir of Hermiston Stevenson…
OLR 40th Anniversary – Bill Readings
At just the age of 34, Bill Readings sadly died in a plane crash. He left behind a legacy of…
Film Philosophy and the Body in Cinema
Film-philosophy has seen a resurgence of interest in phenomenology, particularly in its existentialist branch as exemplified by the work of…
Representations of Ageing in British Cinema and Television
With less than a year separating the publication of two age related issues of the Journal of British Cinema and…
Waking up from horror: shame and fugitive movements
‘A future politics is given there so powerfully that it’s present as a trace even in certain reactions that, in…
Gaelic Satire and 18th Century Highland History
The benefit of studying Gaelic poetry in conjunction with conventional documentary sources to obtain a fuller understanding of the past…