A Double-Tongued Review of Kaori Nagai’s Imperial Beast Fables, a Review by Taylin Nelson
Nagai, Kaori. Imperial Beast Fables: Animals, Cosmopolitanism, and the British Empire. Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature. Series eds. Susan McHugh, John Robert McKay, and John Miller. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. ISBN 978-3-030-51492-1. Reviewed by Taylin Nelson...
Periodic Problems and Rhythmic Remedies, a Review by Landry Wood
Weiskott, Eric. Meter and Modernity in English Verse, 1350-1650. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0-8122-5264-4. Reviewed by Landry Wood Periodization has, for much of the twentieth century, been the scheme that defined the structure of English...
Reading in the Gaps, by Kelly McKisson
It is 1683, and the Convocation of the University of Oxford issues its “Judgment and Decree” listing works that are disagreeable not only to holy scriptures but also to the king. The order identifies “repugnant” and “pernicious books” that members of university are...