“Born more than for myself”: Acknowledgements
September 28, 2013
The acknowledgements to my doctoral dissertation, submitted 26th September 2013, as they read. … More “Born more than for myself”: Acknowledgements
Tag: Research
Time For A Change
March 9, 2013
This week marked the fourth anniversary of Writing Privacy. Time for a long-overdue makeover, I thought. And perhaps more importantly, time for a change. … More Time For A Change
Epic Fail: Andrew Marvell’s Definition of Love
February 21, 2013
At the time of the year when we are drawn to reflect upon companionship, a look at seventeenth-century poet Andrew Marvell’s way of coming to terms with its absence. … More Epic Fail: Andrew Marvell’s Definition of Love
Broken Dreams: Marvell’s Poetics of Privacy
October 20, 2012
Writing the final chapter of my thesis has been traumatic. The internal negotiations that Marvell faced and the impossibility of choice he so often found himself with leave him trapped in a life that offers so little solace. … More Broken Dreams: Marvell’s Poetics of Privacy
Writing Lives: Marvell and Biography
September 4, 2012
I’ve often thought that Andrew Marvell’s life and my own show distinct traces of overlap, and it’s never escaped me that this may be one of the reasons why I identify so closely with his writing. … More Writing Lives: Marvell and Biography
The Fairfax 400 Anniversary Conference
July 6, 2012
The Fairfax 400 Conference took place at the Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester, on June 30th and July 1st, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the birth of Thomas, Lord Fairfax (1612-1671). … More The Fairfax 400 Anniversary Conference
Resourcefulness: Marvell’s ‘The Character of Holland’
February 25, 2012
Andrew Marvell’s ‘The Character of Holland’ was composed, though not published, in early 1653. So who was it written for, and why? A brief exploration. … More Resourcefulness: Marvell’s ‘The Character of Holland’
Presenting Conference Papers
April 24, 2011
Late last year marked my eighth presentation, making this is one of my stronger zones. An extended version of the following was submitted as part of an application to become a contributor at the ‘What’s up doc?’ blog at Vitae. … More Presenting Conference Papers
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 Green Thought: Private Minds
January 10, 2011
It is a great shame that it is so difficult to make personal experience count in professional or academic writing. The first time I attempted genuine research was looking at Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray through the lens of dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder. Of course, it wasn’t random reading of somatoform disorder textbooks that brought this match to my attention, but personal experience. … More A Green Thought: Private Minds
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