Isobel Cree examines early medieval nationalism in La Chanson de Roland, one of the oldest surviving works of French literature.
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Isobel Cree examines early medieval nationalism in La Chanson de Roland, one of the oldest surviving works of French literature.
Continue readingSeán Gibbons discusses the work of Barbara Pym in his column Middlebrow Highs.
Continue readingThe Vulgate Cycle is the first French Arthurian cycle in prose (c. 1215-35). A cycle is a series of texts about common characters, who are generally adapted from myth or history. I chose the cycle’s …
Continue readingSeán Gibbons introduces us to the first instalment of his column, Middlebrow Highs, discussing the work of 20th century ‘middlebrow’ writers.
Continue readingGlenn Armstrong reviews the BBC’s ‘Hemingway’, examining the life of the famous author through the lens of biographical history.
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