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Wires, mirrors, tricks of the light: Zoë Skoulding and lyric poetry (2021)
Book Chapter
Rogers, S. (2021). Wires, mirrors, tricks of the light: Zoë Skoulding and lyric poetry. In S. Rogers (Ed.), Contemporary British and Irish Poetry (265-286). Modern Humanities Research Association. https://doi.org/10.5699/yearenglstud.51.2021.0265

In this discussion, the earlier poetry of Zoë Skoulding is analyzed as a case study for an expanded sense of the contemporary lyric genre. Through a fixation on visual apparatuses including eyes, lenses, binoculars, and mirrors, Skoulding’s The Mirro... Read More about Wires, mirrors, tricks of the light: Zoë Skoulding and lyric poetry.

Introduction: Situating contemporary poetry (2021)
Book Chapter
Rogers, S. (2021). Introduction: Situating contemporary poetry. In S. Rogers (Ed.), Contemporary British and Irish Poetry (1-8). Modern Humanities Research Association. https://doi.org/10.5699/yearenglstud.51.2021.0001

The Yearbook of English Studies for 2021 examines contemporary poetry from Britain and Ireland. Edited by Samuel Rogers, the volume contains fourteen essays exploring a range of poetry from 1980 and the present. Poetry continues to be a dynamic cultu... Read More about Introduction: Situating contemporary poetry.

Birmingham as “composite monster”: Roy Fisher’s city (1961) (2021)
Book Chapter
Rogers, S. (2021). Birmingham as “composite monster”: Roy Fisher’s city (1961). In J. Tambling (Ed.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban Literary Studies. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62592-8_334-1

Roy Fisher (1930–2017) was a major figure in British poetry, with a body of work which bridged the gap between mainstream and modernist writing. A significant artist of English urban space, Fisher’s work insistently returned to his exploration of Bir... Read More about Birmingham as “composite monster”: Roy Fisher’s city (1961).

The past and present of transnational organized crime in America (2021)
Book Chapter
Woodiwiss, M., & Young, M. (2021). The past and present of transnational organized crime in America. In F. Allum, & S. Gilmour (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Transnational Organized Crime (90-140). (Second). OXON: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003044703

This fully revised new edition provides a definitive and holistic overview of Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) in a world in which right wing populism has gained ground, trade wars are increasing, climate change is a reality and Covid poses a chal... Read More about The past and present of transnational organized crime in America.

Writing film industry history (2021)
Book Chapter
Spicer, A. (2021). Writing film industry history. In P. McDonald (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Media Industries (429-438). London and New York: Routledge

This chapter provides a critical overview of the main ways in which film industry history has been formulated and described. It argues that any account must address three basic questions: (i) how film industry history has been defined and delimited (... Read More about Writing film industry history.

The transmission of divine light (2021)
Book Chapter
Crofts, C. (2021). The transmission of divine light. In Opening up the Magic Box. Friese-Greene and Reflections on Film (97-100). Bristol: Bristol Ideas

Charlotte Crofts writes about her memories of cinema-going growing up in Bristol and beyond.

Which of us photographs? (2021)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S. (2021). Which of us photographs?. In Cohort. Frome: Cohort

How will future historians interpret how the 2020/2021 lockdowns impacted photographic aesthetics? Such a study would likely be done best by scholars who are not yet even born. Practitioners and scholars of today are too close to the moment to be abl... Read More about Which of us photographs?.

Representing women: Challenges for the UK media and beyond (2021)
Book Chapter
Toms, K., & Franks, S. (2021). Representing women: Challenges for the UK media and beyond. In L. T. Price, K. Sanders, & W. N. Wyatt (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Journalism Ethics. Abingdon: Routledge

This volume provides a comprehensive discussion of enduring and emerging challenges to ethical journalism worldwide. The collection highlights journalism practice that makes a positive contribution to people’s lives, investigates the link between... Read More about Representing women: Challenges for the UK media and beyond.

Socialist bloc childhoods and children's rights in the Cold War (2021)
Book Chapter
White, E. Socialist bloc childhoods and children's rights in the Cold War. In Eastern Europe: A Global Area. Bloomsbury. Manuscript submitted for publication

The chapter looks at the globalisation of the Soviet model of education and childhood, first to Central and Eastern Europe, and then to the 'Third World' after the war. It covers the attempts by socialist bloc states to internationalise children's ri... Read More about Socialist bloc childhoods and children's rights in the Cold War.

Edward Bulwer Lytton and Poisoned Prose (2021)
Book Chapter
Mulvey-Roberts, M. (2021). Edward Bulwer Lytton and Poisoned Prose. In C. Bloom (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Steam Age Gothic (97-112). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40866-4_6

Edward Bulwer Lytton was a popular Victorian novelist and leading politician, who experimented with numerous literary genres including Gothic writing, the Newgate novel and early sensation fiction. His novel Lucretia; or, The Children of Night (1846)... Read More about Edward Bulwer Lytton and Poisoned Prose.