Author: Liz Edwards
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Fairclough, Mary, Literature, Electricity and Politics 1740-1840: ‘Electrick Communication Every Where’
Mary Fairclough, Literature, Electricity and Politics 1740-1840: ‘Electrick Communication Every Where’ (London: Palgrave Macmillan 2017) 264 + ix pp. £63.99 PDF & EPUB, £79.99 Hb. ISBN: 978-1-137-59314-6 Throughout history, perhaps few phenomena have seemed as strange or as spectacular as electricity –observable and demonstrated long before it was understood. Mary Fairclough’s Literature, Electricity and Politics…
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Trower, Shelley, Rocks of Nation: The Imagination of Celtic Cornwall
Shelley Trower, Rocks of Nation: The Imagination of Celtic Cornwall (Manchester: Manchester University Press 2015) vii + 258 pp. £70.00 Hb. ISBN: 978-0-7190-9096-7 Does the land beneath our feet define us? Do places have inherent meaning, and if so where do those meanings come from? Shelley Trower’s exciting new study, Rocks of Nation, brings together…
