2015 Hazlitt Day School
Please see below for notice of this year’s Hazlitt Day School, which will take place in London on October 10th. As usual, some excellent speakers. — The 2015 Annual Hazlitt… Read more »
Monthly Archives: August 2015
CfP: Haunted Europe, Leiden University, 9th-10th June 2016
Please see below for a Call for Papers for an exciting-looking conference on Europe and English-Language Gothic, which will take place in Leiden next June. — — — — —… Read more »
Two Hundred Years Ago Today: The Lakers celebrate victory at Waterloo (and Wordsworth almost messes it up)
(This is part of a new series of On This Day posts edited by Anna Mercer. If you’re interested in contributing to the series, please contact her on anna.mercer@york.ac.uk.) On… Read more »
Archives Spotlight: Papers of Anna Eliza Bray (1790-1883)
We’re very happy to be able to publish a piece by Holly Wright of the West Sussex Record Office exploring their recently-catalogued archive of materials relating to Anna Eliza Bray,… Read more »
Review of ‘By Our Selves’: Film Screening at BARS 2015
We continue our Romantic Imprints retrospective with a review of the special screening of By Our Selves held at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff during the conference. Many thanks to Erin Lafford… Read more »
BARS First Book Prize 2015: Judges’ Report
Following up on the announcement that Orianne Smith’s Romantic Women Writers, Revolution, and Prophecy Rebellious Daughters, 1786–1826 was selected by the judges from a strong shortlist as the inaugural winner… Read more »
Five Questions: Orianne Smith on Romantic Women Writers, Revolution, and Prophecy
Orianne Smith, the inaugural winner of the BARS First Book Prize, is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). … Read more »
Report from BARS 2015: Romantic Imprints – Anna Mercer
I enjoyed three fantastic days at ‘BARS 2015: Romantic Imprints’, which was organised by Dr Anthony Mandal and Dr Jane Moore of Cardiff University. A convivial and inspiring atmosphere, a great… Read more »
Report from BARS 2015: Romantic Imprints – Lucy Johnson
(We’re very glad to welcome Lucy Johnson, of the University of Chester, to the BARS Blog, with a first post taking an in-depth look at two of the panels from… Read more »
Romantic Imprints write-ups
Over on the Lady’s Magazine Project Blog, there have been two interesting posts on panels at Romantic Imprints, one by Koenraad Claes on the value of the Lady’s Magazine for… Read more »