To end the week of blog posts celebrating the launch of Macbeth, Macbeth, John Schad, Professor of English at Lancaster University, and one of the editors of Beyond Criticism introduces the series—its inspiration, and what we might expect from it. For future Beyond Criticism news keep an eye on the series website at http://thebee.buzz or… Read More »
“One of the things we hope is that the book is a sort of testimony or its own small monument to the extra life in the play, the uncontainable… it would be nice to think that the reader takes what we’ve done as permission, as authorisation, as a kind of blessing on their own fugitive… Read More »
Bloomsbury are thrilled to announce the launch of an exciting new series—Beyond Criticism—exploring (and breaking) the boundaries between criticism and creativity in the 21st century. To celebrate the series, we’ll be dedicating the whole week on the blog to the publication of the first title: Macbeth, Macbeth. Written by two leading Shakespearean scholars—Ewan Fernie of the… Read More »
May is shaping up to be an exciting month for Bloomsbury Lit—we have an incredible range of new titles coming out on subjects including Kerouac’s poetics, the future of literary theory, and reagency in the contemporary American novel. Take a look at some of our new titles below: In Subject of the Event: Reagency… Read More »