Midcentury Jacobeans: Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, P.D. James and “The Duchess of Malfi”
I’ve had some cheering news recently: a scholarly article of mine is going to be published in the journal ELH …
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Shakespeare and the King James Bible – Some Tentative Conclusions
A couple of years ago I published Shakespeare and the Psalms Mystery, a book which examines (and debunks) the legend …
“Three Ordinary, Normal Old Women”: Agatha Christie’s Uses of Shakespeare
Yesterday the journal Shakespeare published an article entitled “Three Ordinary, Normal Old Women: Agatha Christie’s Uses of Shakespeare”. The reason …
Shakespeare and the Psalms Mystery: Did Shakespeare Help Write the King James Bible?
Today sees the launch of my new book, Shakespeare and the Psalms Mystery. Despite the sound of the title, I …
Post-War Chancers and Furious Housewives: Adaptation and The Merry Wives of Windsor
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, one of my research projects at the moment is an investigation of the …
Literary Allusion in Harry Potter by Dr. Beatrice Groves: A Review
I have been looking forward to the publication of Beatrice Groves’ Literary Allusion in Harry Potter for some time, and …
“in men, in places, in homely customs”: The Victorian Clergman E. I. Fripp and his Pastoral Genesis
One of the research projects I’m working on at the moment is an investigation of the work of Edgar Innes …
“rising nightly among the metropolitans”: The Fun and Fascination of Victorian Theatre Adverts
This week I’ve been redrafting a chapter from my book about Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi, and remembering why Victorian …
Words of Power – Reviews and Ruminations
Words of Power, my book on Shakespeare and the Bible, has been out for about eight months now. After the …
Words of Power: The Book on Tour
It’s been about two months since Words of Power was published, and I’ve been visiting a few places with the …
