All-Important Questions
November 20, 2011
Every so often, we hit those defining moments where we ask ourselves the all-important questions. … More All-Important Questions
Tag: Literature
Marvell, Glass, and ‘Upon Appleton House’
August 26, 2011
Ekphrasis becomes a common feature of Marvell’s Interregnum writing, but before it served his Cromwellian verse, these perspective features – of viewing and reflection, of the viewer and beyond – combine in a remarkable way in Marvell’s Upon Appleton House. … More Marvell, Glass, and ‘Upon Appleton House’
Review: Cosi @ The King’s Head Theatre, Islington
July 23, 2011
On 12th July, I accompanied a fellow enthusiast to see Knightmare’s Edmund Dehn in the Australian play Cosi at the King’s Head Theatre, Islington. Here follows a review of a gripping, humorous, and thought-provoking production. … More Review: Cosi @ The King’s Head Theatre, Islington
‘To His Coy Mistress’? To Her Coy Master
July 18, 2011
A poem of inexperience gone wrong, or experience writ large? Thoughts on Andrew Marvell’s ‘seduction’ poem, ‘To His Coy Mistress’. … More ‘To His Coy Mistress’? To Her Coy Master
Privacy and Parliamentary Privilege
June 14, 2011
This recent period has been plagued with privacy issues, the biggest of which, no doubt, has been the issue of super-injunctions and the exercising of parliamentary privilege. So, what is parliamentary privilege? … More Privacy and Parliamentary Privilege
“Finders Keepers, holder Seekers hidden Secrets”: Writing in Cryptics
May 29, 2011
Most of us are guilty at some point of writing in cryptics. Why do we do it? Why express ourselves in terms that are not meant to be understood? Is it, perhaps, a deep subconscious desire to be public with our privacy? Is it more about reaching out, or being reached out to? A few thoughts on why we so often seek to tangle rather than untangle. … More “Finders Keepers, holder Seekers hidden Secrets”: Writing in Cryptics
Brands of Solitude: Poets and their Nature
May 19, 2011
A short comparison of Andrew Marvell’s ‘The Garden’ and Christina Rossetti’s ‘In the Willow Shade’. … More Brands of Solitude: Poets and their Nature
The Broken Image
May 15, 2011
How Doctor Who brings to light one of Andrew Marvell’s most touching moments – his lines on the passing of Oliver Cromwell’s daughter. … More The Broken Image
East Midlands Early Modern Colloquium
April 21, 2011
Delegates from Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham, and Nottingham Trent convened at De Montfort University for the second East Midlands Early Modern Colloquium. … More East Midlands Early Modern Colloquium
A Long Winter’s Tale
April 17, 2011
A summary of research activity from January-March 2011. This features a lecture by Nigel Smith at the Andrew Marvell Centre in Hull; a teaching event at the University of York; and the biannual British Milton Seminar at Birmingham Central Library.
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