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Tag Archives: Literature

A Literary Tangier Reading List
Iain Finlayson / Lists / Travel

A Literary Tangier Reading List

Posted on January 20, 2015 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Welcome to the ‘Interzone’ Continue reading →

A City of the Dream
Iain Finlayson / Travel

A City of the Dream

Posted on December 5, 2014 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

As we re-release Tangier: City of the Dream, Iain Finlayson returns to Tangier for the first time in 20 years, and reflects on the city’s history and enduring allure.  Continue reading →

Tolstoy and Vegetarianism
Charlotte Alston / History

Tolstoy and Vegetarianism

Posted on June 9, 2014 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

In the last thirty years of his life, Leo Tolstoy developed a moral philosophy that embraced, amongst other things, vegetarianism. But how did Tolstoy’s stance compare to the wider vegetarian movement of the late-nineteenth century? Continue reading →

Sicily… a Literary Guide
Travel

Sicily… a Literary Guide

Posted on March 20, 2014 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

In their own words, the literary figures who have defined an island. Continue reading →

Islamic Literature’s Warrior Women
Middle East / Remke Kruk

Islamic Literature’s Warrior Women

Posted on November 27, 2013 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Unearthing the forgotten heroines of the great Arabian tales. Continue reading →

Freya Stark and the Art of Giving
Freya Stark / Travel

Freya Stark and the Art of Giving

Posted on April 29, 2013 by theibtaurisblog • 1 Comment

Perseus in the Wind is the latest instalment in our Freya Stark Collection, and for those less familiar with her travel writing this personal and revealing account is perhaps the perfect introduction. Continue reading →

Orientalism Versus Occidentalism
Laetitia Nanquette / Middle East

Orientalism Versus Occidentalism

Posted on March 11, 2013 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Have literary and cultural imagings between France and Iran since the Islamic Revolution overcome the processes of othering? Continue reading →

The Dramatic Entrance of Christopher Marlowe
Helen Hackett / History

The Dramatic Entrance of Christopher Marlowe

Posted on January 3, 2013 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Helen Hackett recounts the ground-breaking moment when Christopher Marlowe announced himself on the world’s stage. Continue reading →

Fairies and Fusiliers
History / Mark Atherton

Fairies and Fusiliers

Posted on November 8, 2012 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Mark Atherton explores The Hobbit and its relationship with the much over-looked trend of literary myth during the Great War. Continue reading →

Guest Journal / Journal / Visual Culture

Let Me Judge Books by Their Cover

Posted on May 9, 2012 by theibtaurisblog • 1 Comment

Gareth Evans & Mai Kataoka. Continue reading →

Author Journal / Journal / Visual Culture

May-Day (Poem)

Posted on May 1, 2012 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Ralph Waldo Emerson. Continue reading →

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Gregory L. Reece / History

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

Posted on January 30, 2012 by theibtaurisblog • 1 Comment

Gregory L. Reece, author of Creatures of the Night, traces the origins of the Gothic novel and the emergence of the vampire in popular culture. Continue reading →

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