Category: Reviews
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Johns-Putra, Adeline and Kelly Sultzbach (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Climate
Adeline Johns-Putra and Kelly Sultbach (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Climate (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022) 300 pp. £66.05 Hb. £22.99 Pb. ISBN: 978-1316512166 This authoritative and academically rigorous collection of essays offers valuable insight into the relationship between literature and climate change. It positions itself within a field of research which is…
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Flaherty, Jennifer and Deborah Uman (eds), Liberating Shakespeare: Adaptation and Empowerment for Young Adult Audiences
Jennifer Flaherty and Deborah Uman, eds, Liberating Shakespeare: Adaptation and Empowerment for Young Adult Audiences (London: Bloomsbury, 2023), 215pp. PB £21.79. ISBN 978-1-350-32024-3 Flaherty and Uman emphasise in their introduction, ‘Taking Young Adults Seriously’, that Young Adult (YA) Shakespeare is not about ‘dumbing down’ Shakespeare’s work: ‘fun is not synonymous with inconsequential or frivolous. Contemporary…
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Dittmer, Nicole C. and Sophie Raine (eds), Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic: Investigations of Pernicious Tales of Terror
Nicole C. Dittmer and Sophie Raine (eds), Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic: Investigations of Pernicious Tales of Terror, Gothic Literary Studies Series (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2023), 248 pp. £75 Hb. ISBN 9781786839701 In the introduction to Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic: Investigations of Pernicious Tales of Terror, Nicole Dittmer and Sophie Raine make…
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Hart, Sarah, Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
Sarah Hart, Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature (New York: Flatiron Books, 2023) pp. 290. £16.99 Hb. ISBN: 978-1-250-85088-1 Sarah Hart has written a highly accessible and entertaining reflection on the interactions between mathematics and literature. Once Upon a Prime is intended for a general reader with no assumed academic…
