Conversing with Enlightenment Polemicists
April 14, 2023
It occurred to me to wonder what an Enlightenment littérateur might make of this book, which found me buried so often in playful dialogues and epistolary exchanges that it was… READ MORE
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Researching Women Readers and Writers: The Library and Literary works of Anne de Graville (c. 1490-1540)
April 5, 2023
So, who was Anne de Graville? That’s a question that I have been asked a lot when explaining that I’ve been writing a book about her. There are two possible… READ MORE
Boydell & Brewer Open Access
April 4, 2023
We are delighted to share the launch of Boydell & Brewer Open Access where you can browse our growing collection of Open Access titles from Boydell Press, James Currey, Camden… READ MORE
Books to Look out for in April 2023
April 3, 2023
We welcome a new month by listing some of our new releases this April. Don’t forget that you can order any of these titles using our special blog discount, found… READ MORE
The Great Vogue for the Guitar in Western Europe, 1800-1840
March 23, 2023
Q: What was The Great Vogue? CP: Throughout Western Europe, there was a veritable craze for playing the guitar during the first four decades of the nineteenth century; yet astonishingly… READ MORE
Old English Scholarship in the Seventeenth Century
March 20, 2023
Why did the years of the Civil Wars and Interregnum, some of the most turbulent decades of English history, also produce so many crucial works in the study of early… READ MORE
Celebrating Women’s History Month Part 2
March 17, 2023
We continue to share our author’s picks from their own research of women whose contributions should be better recognized. You can read Part One here. The Memoirs of Ceija Stojka,… READ MORE
Charlemagne in the Norse and Celtic Worlds
March 16, 2023
The idea for this book was suggested by the general editors of a self-contained sub-series called ‘Charlemagne: A European Icon’, published under the umbrella of Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures… READ MORE
The Politics of Music: Gustav Mahler and Friedrich Nietzsche in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
March 13, 2023
Gustav Mahler and Friedrich Nietzsche are two of the most important figures in twentieth century culture, broadly—to say nothing of their impact on their respective fields of music and philosophy…. READ MORE
Orchestral Masterpieces under the Microscope
March 10, 2023
Why would you want to put a microscope to a score of, say, a Tchaikovsky symphony? Surely you buy the score – that is the musical work, no problem –… READ MORE
Q&A with Seth Peabody: Exploring German Film History