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Tag: Oxford Literary Review

Cute Ecologies: Beatrix Potter, Mushrooms and Miniature Worlds
Language and Literature

Cute Ecologies: Beatrix Potter, Mushrooms and Miniature Worlds

posted by Teri Williams December 12, 20196 min read888 Views

Once known primarily as the author of ‘twee’ children’s books about fastidious mice and naughty rabbits, Beatrix Potter has gained…

Rock Chamber by Paul Klee 1929, wikimedia commons
Language and Literature

You Don’t Know Jacques: Speculative Realism, New Materialism, and the Denial of Deconstruction

posted by Teri Williams June 15, 20186 min read2330 Views

Fifty years have passed since the publication of Of Grammatology, and the Oxford Literary Review has dedicated its July 2018…

Cultural Studies

OLR 40th Anniversary – Roland Barthes & Robert Young

posted by Rebecca Wojturska November 15, 20173 min read2136 Views

Welcome to November where, very sadly, we’ve reached the last in our blog series for OLR’s 40th anniversary. To go…

Photograph of Jean-Luc Nancy
Cultural History

OLR 40th Anniversary – Jean-Luc Nancy

posted by Rebecca Wojturska October 16, 20172 min read2543 Views

In 1963, Jean-Luc Nancy tackled the subject of generational silence in his article ‘A Certain Silence’ (republished in OLR in…

Cultural Studies

OLR 40th Anniversary – Maurice Blanchot

posted by Rebecca Wojturska September 15, 20172 min read2210 Views

Marcel Proust once said, “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners…

Cultural Studies

OLR 40th Anniversary – Ann Smock

posted by Rebecca Wojturska August 15, 20171 min read1463 Views

Welcome to the not-so-sunny days of August where, in the perpetual spirit of celebrating OLR’s 40th anniversary, we are sharing…

Cultural History

OLR 40th Anniversary – Bill Readings

posted by Rebecca Wojturska June 15, 20172 min read2339 Views

At just the age of 34, Bill Readings sadly died in a plane crash. He left behind a legacy of…

Literary Theory

OLR 40th Anniversary – Jacques Derrida

posted by Rebecca Wojturska May 15, 20172 min read2073 Views

  Continuing our celebrations of OLR’s 40th Anniversary and its widespread impact, this month we are highlighting Jacques Derrida’s ‘Let…

French Studies

OLR 40th Anniversary – Gilles Deleuze

posted by Rebecca Wojturska April 18, 20172 min read2403 Views

  Last month we celebrated the writing of Hélène Cixous, both as part of Women’s History Month and of OLR’s…

Language and Literature

OLR 40th Anniversary – Hélène Cixous

posted by Rebecca Wojturska March 16, 20172 min read1994 Views

  Welcome to March, where we are not only celebrating OLR’s 40th Anniversary, but also Women’s History Month. In honour…

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