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Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland

Robin Jackson explores the life and extraordinary range of work of 20th century German artist Hermann Gross

November 11, 2024
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Is this the time of the essay? CounterText: Volume 9, Issue 3

by Mario Aquilina ‘Is this the time of the essay?’ Or ‘is the essay out of time?’ ‘What is time in the essay?’ ‘What, actually, is the essay, today?’ ‘Do we, in post-literary times, keep focusing on the essay as…

Edinburgh University Press
March 7, 2024

Book Celebration: The Edinburgh Companion to the Essay

by Mario Aquilina and Nicole B. Wallack On 29 March 2023, two of the editors of The Edinburgh Companion to the Essay, Mario Aquilina (The University of Malta) and Nicole B. Wallack (English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University) led a roundtable with…

Edinburgh University Press
April 24, 2023

Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland

Is this the time of the essay? CounterText: Volume 9, Issue 3

Book Celebration: The Edinburgh Companion to the Essay

Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland

‘Beware of the ninnies!’ – Thoughts on ballet history

5 things you might not expect of Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East

An Interview with David Rando, author of On Fiction and Being a Good Animal

Chrystal Macmillan: champion for women’s equality, peace and justice