our authors Saki and Mr Selfridge Bruce Gaston connects Fenwick’s closure to the golden age of department stores and Edwardian satire by H.H. Munro (Saki), highlighting Munro's work for Selfridge's and the discovery of his lesser-known stories, emphasizing the lasting impact of department store culture and literary digitization.
our authors How can you read a novel in hundreds of translations? (and why would you want to?) Embark on a literary journey with Matthew Reynolds exploring the intricacies of reading a novel in hundreds of translations. Uncover linguistic nuances and cultural tapestries in 'How can you read a novel in hundreds of translations? (and why would you want to?)'
Our books Jane Austen in Covid Read editor Jane Stabler's new blog post on 'Jane Austen: Reflections of a Reader'.
English Literature A thank-you note to my publisher and readers Author R. H. Winnick reflects on his book 'Tennyson’s Poems: New Textual Parallels' one year after its publication.
English Literature Allusion/Echo and Plagiarism: Walking the Fine Line In the three-volume second edition (1987) of Tennyson’s complete poems, editor Christopher Ricks cites more than twelve hundred instances where phrases and short passages are similar or identical to those occurring in
