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How Shelley broke new ground with Frankenstein
Not only in gothic story-telling, but also in the form of the novel – David Stuart Davies looks at her work.
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: A journey of laughter and tears
David Stuart Davies looks at this ever-popular comedy with a darker side.
Beyond The Three Musketeers: The life and times of Alexandre Dumas
David Stuart Davies describes how his novels remain a continuing monument to his brilliance as a storyteller
Cervantes – The Man of Madrid and Don Quixote
David Stuart Davies looks at a great comic novel that also functions as an historical one.
Discovering the pleasure of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
Professor Cedric Watts examines one of the Bard’s most accessible and, in hindsight, contemporary plays.
How Kipling’s Jungle Book helped make the modern Disney
In the second part of his essay on how Rudyard Kipling and ‘The Jungle Book’ influenced the modern Disney, Parker Lancaster takes a look at anthropomorphism, CGI and the success of previous adaptations…
Charlotte Brontë turns 200
Sally Minogue revisits Haworth and reflects on the life and work of the author.
How Rudyard Kipling helped make the modern Disney
Parker Lancaster analyses the links between the famous author and the entertainment conglomerate
Shakespeare: Still Relevant?
To start our commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Cedric Watts considers the playwright’s place in our cultural heritage.