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Discover the fading heart of industrial South Wales in a groundbreaking prose-poetry memoir.
What happens to a community when the coal, iron, and steel that built it suddenly vanish?
From the Edge is a striking, genre-defying memoir by John Tanner. Told through a collage of anecdotes, character sketches, and verse, the book transports readers to Cwmbran in the 1950s and 60s—a village balanced on the edge of the South Wales coalfield. Through the eyes of a teenage narrator, Tanner explores a world where heavy industry dictated life, death, and identity. The narrative captures the deep contradictions of this working-class culture: the fierce pride and simultaneous sense of inferiority, the reverence for education as an "escape hatch from a life of labour", and the intoxicating lure of American pop culture streaming in through the radio and local cinema. From the Edge is a tribute to a "mongrel-migrant tribe" and a vital exploration of what remains when a region's foundations fall away.
Humanities Insights
Philosophy Insights
Author: Richard Gravil
PDF: ISBN 9781847600110
Paperback ISBN 9798476808343
97 pages
Publication Date May 29, 2014
ISBN 978-1-84760-023-3 Pdf Ebook
ISBN 978-1-84760-126-1 Kindle Ebook
ISBN 978-1-84760-308-1 ePub Ebook
ISBN 978-1-84760-341-8 Paperback
92 pages
Language: English
Category: Reference
Copyright: All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors: By (author): Jennifer Rich
Publication Date Jun 3, 2010
Language: English
ISBN: 9781847601797
Category: Philosophy , Reference
Copyright All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors: By (author): Henrik Jøker Bjerre, By (author): Carsten Bagge Laustsen
History Insights
Scholarly Essays
Author: Anthony John Harding
Pages: 19
In Coleridge and Transcendentalism, Anthony John Harding explores the profound influence of Samuel Taylor Coleridge on the American Transcendentalist movement. This essay delves into Coleridge's philosophical and theological ideas, examining how they shaped the thoughts and writings of key Transcendentalist figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller. Harding highlights the cross-Atlantic intellectual exchange and the transformative impact of Coleridge's concepts on American literature and thought. This comprehensive analysis is essential for readers interested in Romanticism, philosophical influence, and the dynamic interplay between British and American literary traditions.
Poetry
Author: Richard Swigg
Number of Pages: 20
An in-depth analysis of Charles Tomlinson’s poetry from The Necklace (1955) to The Vineyard Above the Sea (1999), focusing on his dialogue with American literature. Richard Swigg explores Tomlinson’s adaptation of American verse forms and his engagement with American voices, highlighting the transatlantic influences that shaped his work.
Author: Richard Gravil and W J B Owen
ISBN 9781847600639
ISBN 9781847600745
302 Pages
Publication Date Jun 4, 2009
Language English
Category: Fiction
Copyright All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors: By (author): William Wordsworth
Symbiosis 6.1 1-26
Author: Tony Hardie
Pages 31
This micro-ebook, 'Imago Christi: Hopkins and Whitman' by Tony Hardie, provides a deep comparative analysis of the spiritual and poetic kinship between Gerard Manley Hopkins and Walt Whitman. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay explores how both poets, despite their differing styles and contexts, engage with themes of divinity, nature, and human identity. Hardie delves into Hopkins's and Whitman's shared delight in alliteration, their responses to nature, and their commitment to writing from the heart. This micro-ebook offers valuable insights into the complex relationship between spirituality and poetry, making it a crucial resource for scholars and enthusiasts of literary criticism.
Publication Date: 22/01/2009
Author: William Wordsworth
Editor: Jared Curtis
PDF ISBN 9781847600851
Paperback ISBN 9781847600899
Pages 784
edited by Jared Curtis, in 3 volumes, 2400 pages.
Vol 1 9781847600899; Vol 2 9781847600905; Vol 3 9781847600912
Jared Curtis presents an exceptional three-volume edition showcasing Wordsworth's poetry through carefully curated reading texts drawn from the extensive twenty-one volumes of the Cornell Wordsworth collection. The first volume encompasses notable works like "Adventures on Salisbury Plain," "The Borderers," the two-part "Prelude," "The Ruined Cottage," and "Home at Grasmere." It also includes Wordsworth's publications from 1797 to 1807, such as "An Evening Walk," "Descriptive Sketches," "Lyrical Ballads," "Peter Bell," and other poems.
Volume two of this edition contains the comprehensive thirteen-book "Prelude," "Benjamin the Waggoner," "The Tuft of Primroses," and additional poems crafted for the unfinished "Recluse." Additionally, it encompasses "The Excursion," "The White Doe," as well as translations from Chaucer and Virgil.
Within the third volume, readers will discover a collection of shorter poems composed between 1807 and 1820, the extensive fourteen-book "Prelude," and the complete set of eight sonnet series, including renowned pieces like "The River Duddon" and "Ecclesiastical Sketches." This volume also embraces poems stemming from Scotland and Italy in 1833 and 1837, along with the final poems spanning from 1821 to 1850.
Jared Curtis's masterful three-volume edition offers a rich and comprehensive exploration of Wordsworth's poetic journey, meticulously curated to bring the essence of his work to the forefront.
Symbiosis
Symbiosis: A Journal of Transatlantic Literary and Cultural Relations
Since its inception in 1997, Symbiosis has been on a mission to bridge the gap that has long existed between English literatures on both sides of the Atlantic. What was once an unrecognized divide, prevalent among creative writers and institutionalized within academia, is now being transformed by the pages of our journal.
Dedicated to the intricate exploration of transatlantic literary and cultural connections between the British Isles and the Americas, Symbiosis is your gateway to a realm of insights. We welcome a diverse range of genres, theoretical approaches, and historical periods, spanning from the earliest moments of a transnational and Anglophone America to the vibrant present.
Why Choose Symbiosis? Our journal stands as an unparalleled source of knowledge and thought leadership in the realm of transatlantic literatures in English. With a laser focus on this dynamic domain, Symbiosis proudly takes center stage, capturing an ever-evolving tapestry of cultural intrigue.
"Symbiosis is a force to be reckoned with, occupying a critical space in the landscape of transatlantic literatures. It's a trailblazer, inspiring fresh perspectives on the interplay between American and British influences." - Robert Weisbuch, acclaimed author of Atlantic Double-Cross: American Literature and British Influence in the Age of Emerson (1989).
Join us on a transformative journey as we reshape academic paradigms and illuminate the connections that enrich our literary and cultural tapestry. Explore Symbiosis today and embrace the unique and compelling narratives that define our shared heritage across the Atlantic.
Author: Richard Swigg
Number of Pages: 20
An in-depth analysis of Charles Tomlinson’s poetry from The Necklace (1955) to The Vineyard Above the Sea (1999), focusing on his dialogue with American literature. Richard Swigg explores Tomlinson’s adaptation of American verse forms and his engagement with American voices, highlighting the transatlantic influences that shaped his work.
Author: Bill Lazenbatt
Number of Pages: 15
This essay, originally published in Symbiosis: A Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, examines the literary interactions between Eudora Welty and contemporary Irish writers. Bill Lazenbatt explores the influences and correspondences in Welty's work, particularly focusing on her connections with Elizabeth Bowen and the thematic and narrative parallels with Irish literature. The essay delves into how Welty’s regionalist perspective transcends its origins to engage with broader literary traditions, making significant contributions to the understanding of transatlantic literary influences.
Author: Kevin J. Hayes
Number of Pages: 16
This essay, originally published in Symbiosis: A Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, explores the adventurous journey of Henry J. Coke through the American West as depicted in his book A Ride over the Rocky Mountains. Kevin J. Hayes analyses how Coke’s experiences compare to the romanticised American frontier depicted by James Fenimore Cooper. The essay delves into how literature influenced British perceptions of the American wilderness and how Coke’s real-life experiences differed from his literary expectations. Hayes also examines the cultural and literary significance of Coke's narrative within the broader context of Anglo-American literary relations.
Author: Robert Lawson-Peebles
Number of Pages: 16
This essay, originally published in Symbiosis: A Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, provides a detailed analysis of James Fenimore Cooper’s first novel, Precaution, and its thematic connection to the Battle of Waterloo. Robert Lawson-Peebles explores how Cooper's work reflects the socio-political landscape of his time and the moral underpinnings of material forms. The essay highlights Cooper’s early literary efforts to reconcile the moral and material worlds, offering insights into his development as a writer and his contribution to American literature.
Symbiosis 14.1
Author: Miranda El-Rayess
Pages: 19
'‘Something in the ballads which they sang’: James’s ‘Rose-Agathe’ and Tennyson’s The Princess' by Miranda El-Rayess, provides a comparative analysis of Henry James's short story 'Rose-Agathe' and Alfred Lord Tennyson's narrative poem 'The Princess'. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay explores the thematic and narrative parallels between the two works, focusing on how James engages with Tennysonian motifs and ideas. El-Rayess examines the ways in which James's use of irony and allusion critiques conventional gender roles and objectification. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in literary criticism, gender studies, and transatlantic literary influences.
Symbiosis 14.1
Author: James Peacock
26 Pages
'A Tale of Too Many Cities: The Clash’s ‘Ghetto Defendant’ and Transnational Disruptions' by James Peacock, offers a critical analysis of The Clash's song 'Ghetto Defendant' and its transnational themes. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay explores the cultural and political dimensions of the song, highlighting the collaboration between Joe Strummer and Allen Ginsberg. Peacock delves into the song's commentary on urban decay, drug addiction, and global political tensions, situating it within the broader context of The Clash's discography and the punk movement. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in musicology, cultural studies, and transatlantic literary relations.
Symbiosis 11.2 85-99
Author: David Ashford
Pages: 15
'Hostile Symbiosis: The American Invasion of the London Underground in Theodore Dreiser’s The Stoic' by David Ashford, explores the historical and literary significance of Theodore Dreiser's novel The Stoic. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay examines Dreiser’s depiction of the American takeover of the London Underground, highlighting themes of nationalism, capitalism, and technological innovation. Ashford delves into the historical context of the novel, including Dreiser's own experiences in London and the real-life figures who inspired his characters. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in literary criticism, historical fiction, and the intersections of literature and history.
Symbiosis 11.1 89-104
Author: David Simmons
Pages: 16
'H. P. Lovecraft and the Shadow of England' by David Simmons, explores the profound influence of English culture on the American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay examines how Lovecraft’s Anglophilia is reflected in his fiction, poetry, and personal correspondence. Simmons provides an in-depth analysis of Lovecraft's literary techniques, his use of English settings and characters, and his ideological leanings. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in Lovecraft studies, literary criticism, and transatlantic cultural influences.
Symbiosis 9.2 192-213
Author: Christopher Flynn
Pages: 24
'Dismembering Anglo-America: The Body Politic and the First English Novel about the American Revolution' by Christopher Flynn, offers a critical examination of Samuel Jackson Pratt’s novel Emma Corbett; or the Miseries of Civil War (1781). Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay explores Pratt's depiction of the American Revolution and its impact on the Anglo-American community. Flynn delves into the novel's sentimental tradition, its portrayal of the body politic, and the cultural significance of representing the American Revolution in British literature. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in literary criticism, early American history, and transatlantic cultural studies.
Symbiosis 11.1
Author: Maria del Pinar Blanco
Pages: 16
'DBC Pierre’s Blood Meridian: Cosmopolitan Returns and the Imagination of History' by Maria del Pinar Blanco, offers a critical exploration of DBC Pierre's narrative techniques and thematic concerns in his historical novel Blood Meridian. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay examines how Pierre engages with historical events and figures, reinterpreting them through a cosmopolitan lens. Blanco delves into the novel's portrayal of historical violence, the construction of cultural identities, and the ethical implications of narrating history. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in literary criticism, historical fiction, and the intersections of history and literature.
Symbiosis 13.2
Author: Guy Mark Foster
Pages: 31
'Looking Good: Neutralizing the Desiring (Black Male) Gaze in Alice Walker’s Meridian' by Guy Mark Foster, offers a critical analysis of Alice Walker’s novel Meridian. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay delves into the dynamics of the male gaze, gender roles, and racial politics within the context of Walker's narrative. Foster examines how the novel subverts traditional gender expectations and addresses complex issues of identity and power. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in literary criticism, gender studies, and African American literature.
Symbiosis 13.1
Author: Kim Sasser
Pages: 20
'Solidarity through Difference: Rushdie’s Anti-Example in The Jaguar Smile' by Kim Sasser, provides an in-depth analysis of Salman Rushdie’s travel narrative The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay examines Rushdie’s exploration of solidarity in the context of Nicaraguan politics and the broader implications for transnational and cosmopolitan studies. Sasser critiques Rushdie's approach to solidarity, highlighting the complexities and contradictions in his narrative. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in literary criticism, cultural studies, and the intersections of literature and politics.
Symbiosis 13.1
Author: Julie E. Hall
Pages: 17
'Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘Wild’ Wales' by Julie E. Hall, explores Nathaniel Hawthorne's travels in Wales and his literary reflections on the region. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay delves into how Hawthorne's experiences and observations in Wales influenced his writings. Hall examines Hawthorne’s perception of Welsh culture, landscapes, and history, and how these elements are portrayed in his works. This scholarly piece is essential for readers interested in Hawthorne’s literature, travel writing, and transatlantic cultural exchanges.
Symbiosis 12.2
Author: Kevin Hutchings
Pages: 17
'Romantic Niagara: Environmental Aesthetics, Indigenous Culture, and Transatlantic Tourism, 1776–1850' by Kevin Hutchings, explores the interplay between the environmental aesthetics of Niagara Falls, indigenous culture, and the rise of transatlantic tourism from 1776 to 1850. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay examines the transformative impact of Niagara on European and American visitors, as well as its cultural and spiritual significance for indigenous peoples. Hutchings delves into the complex relationships between nature, culture, and tourism, providing a nuanced analysis of how Niagara became both a symbol of sublime natural beauty and a site of colonial and commercial exploitation. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in environmental literature, cultural studies, and the history of tourism.
Symbiosis 12.2
Author: Andrew Eastham
Pages: 25
'‘Master of Irony’: Henry James, Transatlantic Bildung and the Critique of Aestheticism' by Andrew Eastham, delves into the intricate relationship between Henry James's literary irony and his critique of Aestheticism. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay explores how James’s transatlantic experiences shaped his ironic literary style and his critical perspective on the Aesthetic movement. Eastham examines key themes in James's work, such as cultural translation, performative identity, and the dialectical relationship between irony and aesthetic autonomy. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in literary criticism, transatlantic studies, and the evolution of modernist literature.
Symbiosis 12.2
Author: Michael Collins
Pages: 19
'Transatlantic Class: Martin Amis and the ‘Special Relationship’ of the 1980s' by Colin Hutchinson, provides a comprehensive analysis of Martin Amis's works and their reflection of the transatlantic dynamics between the UK and the USA during the 1980s. Originally published in Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this essay explores Amis's unique position as a transatlantic novelist and his critique of the social and political transformations of the era. Hutchinson delves into themes of Americanization, cultural exchange, and the impact of the New Right on both sides of the Atlantic, offering a rich comparative study of Amis's early and mid-period fiction. This scholarly work is essential for readers interested in contemporary literature, cultural studies, and transatlantic literary relations.
American Insights
Author: Richard Gravil
ISBN 9781847603449 PDF
ISBN 9781847603456 Paperback
ISBN 9781847603463 Kindle
ISBN 9781847603470 ePub
420 Pages
Publication Date May 28, 2009
213 Pages
Language: English
ISBN 9781847601018
ISBN 9781847601049
Category: Fiction
Copyright: All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors: By (author): Richard Gravil
Publication Date Nov 24, 2013
Language: English
ISBN 9781847603319
ISBN 9781847603302
210 Pages
Category: Fiction
Copyright: All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors: By (author): Richard Gravil
This collaborative audiobook derives from the 2006 Bristol University Conference on periodicals culture in the Romantic era.
Treats Troilus and Cressida as a masterpiece in tune with 20th Century attitudes to love and war, and with literary and dramatic forms which developed through the last century.
The thoroughly insightful and engaging study guide offers a detailed commentary on the poetry of Hopkins, exploring the significance of contemporary cultural issues and the poet's life as Catholic convert and Jesuit priest.
A Literature Insight on one of the supreme achievements of Victorian fiction, stressing the experimentalism of the dual narrative and its liberal feminist implications.
Now a critical classic, Coleridge the Visionary was first published in 1959 by Chatto & Windus. This much-cited book throws light on the intellectual organisation of Coleridge's poetry and the imaginative qualities implicit in his philosophy.
“The Subject of Politics” provides a new study of Slavoj Zizek's political philosophy. Focusing on the combination of psychoanalytic theory and philosophy, the book offers an overview of Zizek's analysis of contemporary society.
A critical guide to Adorno's books on Aesthetic Theory, The Culture Industry, Negative Dialectics and Philosophy of New Music.
A historically informed and informing audio study guide to Scott's four great novels of British India -The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils - and of the popular coda, Staying On.
This audiobook provides background for an understanding of Plato's philosophy in both ancient and contemporary contexts.
Ian McDonald is a major SF writer, whose River of Gods (2004) won the British Science Fiction Association award for Best Novel, and was shortlisted for the corresponding Hugo, Arthur C. Clarke, and British Fantasy Society awards.
A collection of audible essays from Rescue! History, a group of historians concerned with the challenge of climate change - how we got here and where we go next.
From 1787 to 1842, Wordsworth is preoccupied with the themes of loss and death, and with "natural piety" in the lives of people and nations. Beginning with his consciousness of the Bards and Druids of Cumbria, this book treats Wordsworth's oeuvre, including the "Gothic" juvenilia, The Ruined Cottage, Lyrical Ballads, Poems in Two Volumes, The Excursion, and the Poems of 1842, as unified by a Bardic vocation, to bind "the living and the dead" and to nurture "the kind".
Thomas Hardy is unique in English literature as a major novelist who is also a major poet. His collected poetry is among the most distinctive bodies of verse in the language, and includes such pinnacles of the lyric tradition as ‘The Darkling Thrush’ and the series of haunted love-elegies written in memory of his first wife Emma and such instantly recognizable titles as ‘Drummer Hodge’, ‘A Trampwoman’s Tragedy’, ‘Convergence of the Twain’. It is also among the most controversial.
This critical and contextual study guide by a very distinguished critic of Modernist literature sheds new light on Conrad's topical novel of espionage and terrorism.
A ground-breaking cultural history of Modernism and the First World War covering well-known fiction and soldiers' memoirs.
Dr. John Tanner analyses Brautigan’s fiction against the background of the cultural and literary upheavals from which it emerged and demonstrates that Brautigan is no mere Sixties curio but an innovative and vibrant American voice ignored for far too long.
This Audiobook will familiarize the reader with the basics of critical thinking and informal logic - deductive and inductive arguments, form and content, fallacies, and complex arguments.
This study guide to Imperialism by one of our most prolific historians offers a concise overview of Britain's role in Colonialism, the slavery issue, the British Raj and the scramble for Africa, and probes the motives for empire and continuing issues of post-colonialism.
This audiobook aims to introduce students (including those with little or no prior experience of the field) to the worlds of Shakespeare and his theatre revealed in King Lear.
Faulkner is notoriously a 'difficult' writer to study. This introductory study begins with three chapters clearly setting out the important facts of his life, mapping the people and history of his recurrent fictional setting, Yoknapatawpha County, and analysing the oddities and problems of his prose style.
Romantic Dialogues, first published in 2000, contributed to the modern recovery of a transatlantic dimension in literary studies.
An audiobook study of the social, political and literary thought underlying Blake's Songs and the Prophetic Books, culminating in Milton.
This Audiobook provides a stimulating and carefully structured introduction to Lawrence's short stories. It guides the reader to a deeper critical understanding of individual stories, but it also provides model commentaries on several of their most prominent narrative techniques.
The audiobook explains and discusses some key approaches in metaethics, and suggests that an account which is naturalist and objectivist might have more to commend it than is popularly allowed.
Comic novelist and critic Paul McDonald explores the philosophy of humour in a audiobook that will appeal to both philosophers and creative writers alike.
From its first publication in 1955 Nabokov's Lolita has been denounced as immoral filth, hailed as a moral masterpiece, and both praised and damned for stylistic excess. In this fresh appraisal John Lennard provides convenient overviews of Nabokov's life and of the novel (including both Kubrick's and Lyne's film-adaptations), before considering Lolita as pornography, as lepidoptery, as film noir, and as parody.
The aim of this study is to set Methodism in its historical context - theological, social and political. It examines the intellectual and ecclesiastical climate in which Methodism grew up, throws light on the motivation of John Wesley himself and illustrates the social impact of the movement under his leadership - and after his death.
This book explores connecting avenues of professional responsibility, management theory and traditional ethics, and encourages an understanding of the reasons for thinking ethically in business contexts.
This audiobook is the first in a new series of monographs entitled Contemporary American Literature.
Provides a basis for informed discussion of Richard III, one of Shakespeare’s most beautifully crafted plays, and the issues it raises – which are as ominously relevant to politics and people now as they were when it was new.
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Our Authors & Writers
Dr. Jennifer Rich was Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Writing Studies and Rhetoric at Hofstra University. Her research focused on feminist theory, rhetoric, pedagogy, and Shakespeare with teaching on courses in English, rhetoric, writing studies and women’s studies. Rich had a profound passion for teaching with a corresponding impact on her students. She did much to promote collaborative research between departments receiving a 2012 National Science Foundation grant in recognition of this and was a participant in the 2017 University Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series. In addition to her academic work Rich was also a dedicated musician and accomplished violinist having attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Her publications included includes essays on film, rhetoric, Shakespeare and composition, and Adorno: A Critical Guide (2015), An Introduction to Critical Theory (2010) and An Introduction to Modern Feminist Theory (2014).
Dr. Michael Cotsell is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Delaware. With a strong focus on Victorian and American modernist literature, he has significantly contributed to literary scholarship. Dr. Cotsell was the Associate Editor of the Dickens Companions series and edited The Companion to Our Mutual Friend. He also served as General Editor for the series English Literature and the Wider World, editing Creditable Warriors. His editorial work includes critical essays on Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities. Notably, he authored Barbara Pym and The Theater of Trauma, exploring American modernist drama and psychiatry. Dr. Cotsell's expertise includes American and Victorian literature, and the works of Paul Bowles and Barbara Pym. His ongoing research continues to delve into the intersections of psychiatry and American modernism.
Michael Hattaway was educated at Victoria University of Wellington and Cambridge University. He taught at Kent, British Columbia, Massachusetts, and New York University in London. He was Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield. His publications included Shakespeare in the New Europe (1994), Renaissance and Reformations (2005), studies of Hamlet (1987) and Richard II (2008), editions of Henry VI Parts I, II, and III (1990-1993), As You Like It (2009), and A New Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture (2010).
Stuart Andrews is now Librarian of Wells & Mendip Museum, UK, after more than 30 years of teaching at Clifton College. His special interest is the way propaganda shapes public perceptions of events. Among his publications are The British Periodical Press and the French Revolution 1789-99 (2000), Irish Rebellion: Protestant Polemic 1798-1900 (2006), Methodism and Society (2007) and Lenin’s Revolution (2007).
Chris Ackerley earned his BA and MA at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and his PhD at the University of Toronto. He has taught at the University of Otago since 1976 and is now Emeritus Professor. Specialising in annotation, particularly of Malcolm Lowry and Samuel Beckett, his books include A Companion to Under the Volcano (1984), Demented Particulars: The Annotated Murphy (2004), The Faber Companion to Samuel Beckett (2006), and Obscure Locks, Simple Keys: The Annotated “Watt” (2005).
Dr. Andrew Harrison specialises in D.H. Lawrence studies. He is the founding editor of the Journal of D.H. Lawrence Studies and serves on the Editorial Board of Katherine Mansfield Studies. As Director of the D.H. Lawrence Research Centre, he plays a pivotal role in Lawrence scholarship. He is also a council member of the D.H. Lawrence Society of Great Britain and a member of the D.H. Lawrence Society of North America. His works include D.H. Lawrence and Italian Futurism (2003) and Sons and Lovers essays (2005).
Petros Stefaneas is an associate professor of logic and formal methods in computer science at the Department of Mathematics of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
Neil Wenborn has published widely both in Britain and in the United States. His works include biographies of Haydn, Stravinsky and Dvořák.
Stephen Siddall was Head of English at The Leys School in Cambridge for 31 years and has taught Shakespeare courses for university students and for the University of Cambridge International Summer School in Shakespeare.
John Tanner was born in South Wales, graduated from Swansea University, and worked as a journalist on regional and national newspapers before becoming a corporate executive with a publishing group.
Jared Curtis, Professor Emeritus of English at Simon Fraser University, is the editor of Poems, in Two Volumes and Other Poems, 1800-1807, Last Poems, 1821-1850, and co-editor with Carol Landon of Early Poems and Fragments, 1785-1797, all in the Cornell Wordsworth.
John Lennard took his B.A. and D.Phil. at Oxford University, and his M.A. at Washington University in St Louis. He has taught for the Universities of London, Cambridge, and Notre Dame, and for the Open University, and was Professor of British and American Literature at the University of the West Indies—Mona 2004–09.
Charles Moseley teaches English and Classics in the University of Cambridge, and was formerly Programme Director of the University's International summer Schools in Shakespeare and English Literature.
Dr. Paul McDonald was a Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Course Leader for Creative Writing at the University of Wolverhampton, with his research largely focusing on comedy. He is the author of twelve books, including three poetry collections and three comic novels.
W. J. B. Owen's scholarly work included his Preface to the Lyrical Ballads (1957), Wordsworth as Critic (1969), Wordsworth's Literary Criticism (1974) and his edition of The Fourteen-Book Prelude for the Cornell Wordsworth (1985).
Laura Vivanco has a PhD from the University of St Andrews and is an independent scholar of romance fiction including both modern popular romance and mediaeval Hispanic literature.
The founder of Humanities ebooks. Dr. Richard Gravil taught at the University of Victoria, B.C., the University of Lodz, Poland and the University of Otago, New Zealand. He concluded his teaching career as Course Leader of the University of Exeter MA in Anglo-American Literary Relations.
Professor John Bernard Beer, M.A., Ph.D., Litt.D., FBA, Coleridge scholar, Emeritus Fellow of Peterhouse, and former Research Fellow of St John’s College.
Sandra L. Dwyer, Ph.D. is Lecturer in the department of philosophy at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. She coordinates graduate student teachers who teach critical thinking and business ethics for the departments of philosophy and religious studies.
Awards & Accolades
Author: Jared Curtis
ISBN 9781847600042
ISBN 9781847600752