Tag: 2023
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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…
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Brown, Andy, The Tree Climbing Cure: Finding Wellbeing in Trees in European and North American Literature and Art
Andy Brown, The Tree Climbing Cure: Finding Wellbeing in Trees in European and North American Literature and Art (Environmental Cultures Series) (London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2023) 225 pp. £65.00 Hb. £20.99 Pb. £15.99 Ebook. ISBN: 9781350327283 Being around trees is good for our mental health and wellbeing. Although this has long been known intuitively,…
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Cooper, Fred and Luna Dolezal and Arthur Rose, COVID-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK
Fred Cooper, Luna Dolezal, and Arthur Rose, COVID-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK (London: Bloomsbury, 2023) 160 pp. £40.50 Hb. £13.49 Pb. ISBN: 9781350283404 Finding its origins in the AHRC-funded research project, Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19, COVID-19 and Shame offers a concise and timely study of the…
