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Children, Charity and Magazines
Read more: Children, Charity and MagazinesA Q&A with the author of Philanthropy in Children’s Periodicals, 1840–1930: The Charitable Child.
“Is Such A Life Worthy of the Name?”: Christopher Douglas on the Adaptation of George Gissing’s The Odd Women (Part 2)
by Tom Ue Continued from Part 1 Your integration of The Taming of the Shrew when describing Rhoda and Everard is so clever, but have you thought about reading—as Gissing does—Widdowson’s and Monica’s story in terms of Othello? Yes, I…
Q+A with the Author of The Revival of Evangelicalism
by Andrew M. Jones Tell us a bit about your book The Revival of Evangelicalism: Mission and Piety in the Victorian Church of Scotland is the story of how a movement – evangelicalism – continued to influence the Church of…
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…
Drawing as Discovery: The Clothing of John Ruskin
By Dr Ingrid E. Mida In April 2018, I was invited by artist Sarah Casey, as part of a collaborative project partially funded by the British Council and Arts Council England, to don my dress detective hat and study the…
The Case for the Nineteenth-Century Irish Novel
Many Mullen discusses the work of Irish novels and novelists, anachronism and nineteenth century realism.