Browsing Twentieth Century and Contemporary, including World Literatures by Title
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Oulibertinage: Play and Pudeur in Anne Garréta's Pas un jour
(Edinburgh University Press, 2018-03-01)Since the turn of the century, women-authored sexual confessions have proliferated. However, these succès de scandale have been paralleled by anxiety regarding self-exposure and a sense that, for women writers, the ‘taboo’ ... -
'Pleasure too often Repeated': Aldous Huxley's Modernity
(Edinburgh Univeristy Press, 2013)Aldous Huxley’s Modernity Morag Shiach In an essay published in 1923, Aldous Huxley suggested that ‘of all the various poisons which modern civilization, by a process of auto- intoxication, brews quietly up within its own ... -
The Principles of Song: On Denise Riley
(Banff Centre Press, 2015-01-15)With over forty contributors, Toward. Some. Air. is an invaluable resource for readers, students, teachers and writers. -
'A Scot's Quair' and the times of labour
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Ulysses, Blindness, and Accessible Modernism
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'Where do these lines go? Poetry in Beirut'
(2016-10-01)This essay reflects on my experience performing at a poetry festival in Beirut, incorporating on globalisation, translingualism, colonialism and the status of poetry in the midst of crisis.