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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.
Masculinities in Nigerian Fiction: Receptivity and Gender – Q&A with the author
A Q&A with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike on Masculinities in Nigerian Fiction: Receptivity and Gender, exploring Nigerian masculinities, ethics, and gender in literature.
Violence in Brontë Afterlives
Explore five adaptations of Brontë novels that amplify violence, from Wuthering Heights to Jane Eyre, reshaping the Brontës’ enduring cultural impact.
Q&A with the author of Whiteness, Feminism and the Absurd in Contemporary British and US Poetry
A Q&A with Jenna Clake, author of Whiteness, Feminism and the Absurd in Contemporary British and US Poetry.
A common language and shared understanding of family violence? Corpus approaches in support of system responses to family violence
by Tonya N. Stebbins and Cara Penry Williams In an age where women are increasingly active in the workforce and have historically high rates of engagement with education, the lack of safety many experience in their own homes is profoundly…
Five Reasons to Read Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Today
by Stephanie Palmer, Myrto Drizou, and Cécile Roudeau The US author Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) is best known, read and taught as the author of short regionalist fiction set largely in rural New England, a region she depicts in…
The Persistence of Victorian Middle Class Fictions
by Albert Pionke The US has just emerged from a mid-term election cycle. In the UK, calls for a general election grow ever louder. Politicians, pundits, and pollsters alike cite the discontent of the middle class with, depending upon one’s ideological predilections,…
How do women and men swear on Twitter, and why does it matter?
By Michael Gauthier For decades now, sociolinguistic studies have showed that social parameters have an influence on the way we express ourselves, and gender is no exception. Swearwords have been shown to be one of these parameters, and it is…
Brigid Brophy: Writer, Critic, Activist
Richard Canning discusses Brigid Brophy in relation to music, sexuality and gender.
Diversity in British Film and Television
The controversy over ‘all-white’ 2020 BAFTAs once again shows the importance of understanding that issues of diversity are at the forefront of debates film and television. But it’s not just a question of who is, and is not, in the…