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Updating Roman Jakobson’s ‘Poetic Function’ with Vector Semantics

Kurzynski discusses how poetry extends beyond sound and rhythm and taps into a deeper network of meanings.

November 12, 2025
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Language and Literature, Literary Studies, Post 19th Century Literary Studies

The Library of Comfort

by Jürgen Pieters The painting on my new book’s cover was made by the Viennese artist Friedrich Frotzel (1898-1971). Its title – ‘The Old Bookcase’ – makes it even more appropriate. The library of comfort, as I make clear in…

Cultural Studies, Film and TV, Language and Literature, Post 19th Century Literary Studies, Pre 19th Century Literary Studies

Writing Letters, Writing Lives: Dash & Lily and Born in Exile

By Tom Ue Dash & Lily (2020-), Netflix’s charming new adaptation of Rachel Cohn’s and David Levithan’s popular YA series (2010-), has achieved an enviable 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics lauding its performances, story, and festive mood. The first…

Teri Williams
November 30, 2020

Cultural Studies, Language and Literature, Pre 19th Century Literary Studies, Theatre and Dance, Uncategorized

Staging Banquo’s Ghost

Catherine Belsey and Alan Dessen discuss the complexities of creating Banquo's ghost for the stage in Macbeth.

Carla Hepburn
June 8, 2020

Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Language and Literature, Uncategorized

Ghosts in a Time of COVID-19

Catherine Belsey explores throughts of ghosts in a time of COVID-19, its impact on our towns, streets and transport around the world.

Carla Hepburn
May 1, 2020

Philosophy

Why Michel Serres? A Personal Reflection – part 2

The captivating reflection of Chris Watkin on why he chose to write on Michel Serres continues below. Hermeneutics of suspicion, hermeneutics of federation Serres is antipathetic to the method of critique characteristic of the human sciences, and in particular to…

Zuzana IHNATOVA
April 24, 2020

Cultural Studies, History, Language and Literature, Law, Politics, Philosophy and Religion

Free and Open Access Content Guide

Did you know that we offer a wide range of books and journals content free to access online? For journals, this includes featured articles from our latest journal issues, some whole back issues and our fully Open Access journal Film-Philosophy.…

Helena Heald
April 17, 2020

Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Film and TV, Language and Literature, Post 19th Century Literary Studies, Pre 19th Century Literary Studies

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.