1 . What is the reason behind the interest in Sauter’s creative life? I became interested in the creative life of Rudolf H. Sauter (1895-1977) while I was completing research for my 2009 book about his famous uncle, the novelist…
‘A Sensitive, Avid and Silent Political Subject’: Roland Barthes, Politics-Polemics-Pandemics
by Andy Stafford, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, University of Leeds; author of the forthcoming book Roland Barthes Writing the Political: History, Dialectics, Self. As we emerge now (hopefully!) from two years of the pandemic and regular lock-down, isolation and…
May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate: Travel Writing and Transformation in the Late Nineteenth Century
Q&A for Anthem Author Blog Post — Julia Dabbs, May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate How did you become interested in this subject? I teach a course on “Women & Art” and in a textbook came across a brief discussion…
University Press Roundup: Ancient Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, Why Food Matters Apart from Biological Survival, Surviving Climate Chaos
Check out our collection of eight of the most interesting university press blog posts for this month. We aim to keep you informed, engaged and part of the ongoing scholarly conversations. Gilgamesh Dream Tablet—Iraq puts looted artifacts on display A…
William Blake as Natural Philosopher, 1788-1795
Drawn to Blake In Ross Glass’s 2020 psychological horror film, Saint Maud, the title character, a hospice nurse who has recently converted to an extremely ascetic form of Catholicism after a hedonistic earlier phase, is given a book of William…
Talk of the Town: Eight Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in November 2021
Anthem Press has tailored eight remarkable and latest articles that contribute to a round-up of the top news stories in the publishing industry. 1. New Library Design: Spaces that Connect, Cultivate, and Transform Communities As libraries acquire more digital materials,…