TLS, 31 August 2012
Just a quick note to announce the publication of my ‘In Brief’ review of Angels of Modernism: Religion, Culture, Aesthetics 1910-1960 (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) in this week’s Times Literary … Continue reading
Review Essay on Victorian Life-Writing (JVC 17.1)
A quick post to announce the publication of my review essay on recent studies of Victorian life-writing in the Journal of Victorian Culture. I was asked to review Max Saunders’ … Continue reading
TLS, 20 January 2012
Just a quick note to announce the publication of my ‘In Brief’ review of Richard Locke’s Critical Children: The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels (New York: Columbia University … Continue reading
Celebrity Memoir II: Dear Fatty
Last week I blogged about the Christmas trade in celebrity memoir, and by coincidence or serendipity, last Friday’s Guardian Books podcast contained a segment on the genre. In it, Claire … Continue reading
Celebrity Memoirs I: A Tale of Literary Snobbishness?
Certain news stories recur with amusing frequency, and Christmas is a ripe time for Lazarus-like reappearances. Worried by spectres of debt, each year we are warned of the dangers of … Continue reading
TLS, 4 November 2011
Just a quick note to announce the publication of my review of a/b: Auto/Biography Studies in this week’s Times Literary Supplement (4 November 2011). I really enjoyed the experience of … Continue reading