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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.
Richard Owen: an overlooked parasitologist
Who was Richard Owen? Richard Owen (1804–1892) is one of the most important British biologists of the nineteenth century. He…
The Woman on Westminster Bridge
A woman walks across a bridge. She is looking at her mobile. She seems to be in a hurry. Close…
Anthony Burgess, Translation and Literary Forgery
By Martin Kratz In 1978, Anthony Burgess published several translations of work by the nineteenth-century Roman poet G.G. Belli. Burgess’s…
Costume – Celebrating 50 Years of Publication
By Valerie Cumming and Alexandra Kim The year 2017 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Costume as a journal and we…
Studies in Social Interaction with Steve and Olcay
Series Editor Steve Walsh interviews Olcay Sert about his book Social Interaction and L2 Classroom Discourse – a finalist for…
Women’s History Month
We’re mid-way through March and here at Edinburgh University Press we are still celebrating Women’s History Month (see Stefanie Van…
OLR 40th Anniversary – Hélène Cixous
Welcome to March, where we are not only celebrating OLR’s 40th Anniversary, but also Women’s History Month. In honour…
International Women’s Day: Celebrating the Pioneering Women of Arab Documentary
By Stefanie Van de Peer Negotiating Dissidence: The Pioneering Women of Arab Documentary is publishing this month, and it’s a significant…
Ford Madox Ford, music and the First World War
My research treats music as a crucial aspect of modernist literature, and the First World War was a crucial event…