LIT3065 The Brontës
Final year undergraduates at the University of Sheffield will be able to take my new option module, LIT3065 The Brontës, in 2017-18. Details of primary reading, watching and listening are … Continue reading
LIT635 Confession
Students at the University of Sheffield taking an MA in English Literature (all pathways), Eighteenth Century Studies or Nineteenth Century Studies will be able to take my new option module, LIT635 Confession, … Continue reading
John Addington Symonds, literary tourism and the colour of Venetian canals
The following post first appeared over at the Journal of Victorian Culture Online on 16 July 2013. *** John Addington Symonds, literary tourism and the colour of Venetian canals In … Continue reading
Polly Teale’s Brontë
On 18 May 2013 I travelled to Manchester’s Capitol Theatre to see Polly Teale’s Brontë staged by students from Manchester Metropolitan University. I went along with fellow Victorianist Charlotte Mathieson (University … Continue reading
A ‘Big Dog’ on Route 57
The School of English at the University of Sheffield have just published this year’s edition of Route 57, an online creative writing magazine under the shared editorship of various staff … Continue reading
World Poetry Day 2013
Since 1999, March 21 has been World Poetry Day, a UNESCO event designed to celebrate poetry as a means to promote “dialogue among cultures”. For UNESCO, poetry is distinctly political … Continue reading
Journal Article and Special Issue: ‘(Re)Reading John Addington Symonds’
In September 2010 I co-organised a conference at Keele University dedicated to ‘(Re)Reading John Addington Symonds‘. Symonds is a key figure in my research; I’m interested in him as a … Continue reading
Journal Article: ‘Miss Havisham’s Dress’
Just a quick post to announce the publication of my co-authored journal article in Neo-Victorian Studies. Written with Deborah Wynne of the University of Chester, this article explores different film … Continue reading
Textile Stories Blog
Head over to the Textile Stories blog, set up and managed by former colleagues in the School of English at the University of Chester. I’ve just published a post, co-authored … Continue reading