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Very happy to say that my article, “Sufficient Tragedy: Masculinity as Cruel Optimism in Beowulf” is now published in English Studies. doi.org/10.1080/001383… (should be ☀️OPEN ACCESS☀️shortly!)

My article on the construction of masculinities in Wulfstan’s homilies is out (and open access)! Massive thanks to . and Caz Batten for all their work as editors: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Hot off the press! Joanna Maciulewicz Eighteenth-Century Fiction (ECF) doi.org/10.4324/978100…

Aston Stylistics Research Group is back with another research seminar series for 2024-25. Once more we have a brilliant line up of speakers. Further details of titles and how to register soon! PALA Literary Semantics University English English Association appliedstylistics.com/research-semin…

My inaugural professorial lecture King's Arts & Humanities on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Folk Revival, and Maureen Duffy’s sword dances: 2 October, 6 pm reception to follow, book here tickettailor.com/events/kingsar…

The second edition of our Cognitive Grammar in Stylistics (‘Noodlehead’) textbook is published today! 🎉 For more info (and a 30% discount 👀) please check out the Bloomsbury website bloomsbury.com/uk/cognitive-g…

Trending in #Literature: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) Thomas Nashe: Balladeer 2) Masculinities in Wulfstan's Homilies (English Studies) 3) Making TV in the Age of Streaming 4) Refugee Identity & Hospitality in Richard Powers’ Generosity 5) Conspiracy Theater of the Absurd

On the latest episode of shakespeareanyonepod, #Shakespeare scholar 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲-𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 discusses his new book, Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers, which explores how The Bard was influenced by his fellow contemporary dramatists, and how he also influenced their work: youtube.com/watch?v=kfA-bg…

The queen of suspense: how Ann Radcliffe inspired Dickens and Austen - then got written out of the canon: theguardian.com/books/2024/oct…

😷📔'Reading Habits in the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Applied Linguistic Perspective' (2024) by Dr Abigail Boucher, Marcello Giovanelli, Dr Chloe Harrison, Dr Robbie Love & Caroline Godfrey was such a pleasure to read and to review! 👇tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… English Studies

Tomorrow from 5pm (BST)! Please join Sally Shuttleworth, Anne Stiles, and Andrew Mangham for an online seminar on “The Victorian Novel and the Health Humanities” Register for free here: tinyurl.com/y2pjuupw

My article, Orwell, Class, and Consumption: The Desecration of Bread in The Road to Wigan Pier, is now live in English Studies! doi.org/10.1080/001383…

Registration now open for our FREE 'Writing and Reading the Pandemic' public event on Saturday 11th January. Find out about the project and hear poetry from Lisa Simpson Jamie Hale and George Sandifer-Smith eventbrite.co.uk/e/110250427295…

It’s publication day and my author copies have arrived! 😊 📚🥳 The book is open access (and downloadable) for another week: cambridge.org/core/elements/… #horror #bodyhorror

Finally a helpful acknowledgement of the damage that's being done across the sector, and of its consequences theguardian.com/education/2024…