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A City of the Dream
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
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
In their own words, the literary figures who have defined an island. Continue reading
Islamic Literature’s Warrior Women
Unearthing the forgotten heroines of the great Arabian tales. Continue reading
Freya Stark and the Art of Giving
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
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 recounts the ground-breaking moment when Christopher Marlowe announced himself on the world’s stage. Continue reading
Fairies and Fusiliers
Mark Atherton explores The Hobbit and its relationship with the much over-looked trend of literary myth during the Great War. Continue reading
Let Me Judge Books by Their Cover
Gareth Evans & Mai Kataoka. Continue reading
May-Day (Poem)
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Continue reading
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
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