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Matthew Taunton: Literatures of Anti-Communism
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Writings and other activities. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Benjamin Kohlmann and I have edited a special issue of Literature and History. Called 'Literatures of Anti-Communism' which is out now. The issue contains essays by Tyrus Miller, Marina MacKay, Ben Harker and Nick Hubble, as well as an introduction by Benjamin and me. Here's how we start our introduction:. Further details of the issue are online here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Fictions of the City.
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Matthew Taunton: April 2015
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Writings and other activities. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. 2 2 = 5: the politics of number in writing about the Soviet Union. My article about numbers, arithmetic, mathematics and Communism has been published by Textual Practice. Why did British writers, when they wrote about the Soviet Union, often deploy the imagery of numbers, arithmetic and mathematics? You can read the article here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Fictions of the City. Fictions of the City.
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Parenthood | Hadley Freeman
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There is too much pepper in my paprikash. June 30, 2013. Middot; by hadleyfreeman. No question, some 80s movies do not stand the tests of time and memory. Risky Business. Mannequin. Anything starring Steve Guttenberg. But others that you probably remember as being distinctly average will surprise you by how classy they actually are, and Parenthood is a classic example of that. From the opening first scene You have a lovely family and I’m a goddamn amalgam which looks like this is a typical scene of a fat...
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Matthew Taunton: July 2015
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Writings and other activities. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Editorial - Critical Quarterly 57.2. The new issue of Critical Quarterly. Is out now. It contains many good things, including our first economics column by Kevin O'Rourke. In our editorial, Colin MacCabe and I reflect on the aims of the magazine. Subscribers can read it here. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Benjamin Kohlmann and I have edited a special issue of Literature and History. Further details of the issue are online here. About Game of Thrones.
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Matthew Taunton: Koselleck on Historical Time
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Writings and other activities. Thursday, December 4, 2014. Koselleck on Historical Time. While thinking about Communist visions of a 'radiant future', I have become increasingly interested in some meta-historical discussions about the nature of historical time. The key player for me is François Hartog, who has developed an intriguing notion of 'regimes of historicity' in this book. The difference between experience and expectation has increasingly expanded; more precisely, that Neuzeit.
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Matthew Taunton: September 2013
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Writings and other activities. Monday, September 9, 2013. Russia in Britain 1880-1940: From Melodrama to Modernism. Edited by Rebecca Beasley and Philip Bullock, is soon to be published by Oxford University Press. It contains a chapter by me called 'Russia and the British Intellectuals: the Significance of the Stalin-Wells Talk', as well as lots of other fascinating stuff. You can find out more about the book, read the introduction, and order it for your library here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Matthew Taunton: July 2014
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Writings and other activities. Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Review of "We Modern People" by Anindita Banerjee. My review of Anindita Banerjee's We Modern People. Appears in the latest issue of Literature and History. 23:1) It's an interesting book so read the review here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I am a lecturer in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. I am also deputy editor of Critical Quarterly. View my complete profile. Fictions of the City.
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Matthew Taunton: January 2014
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Writings and other activities. Thursday, January 16, 2014. GK Chesterton, London and Modernity. A new volume of essays, G.K. Chesterton, London and Modernity. Edited by Matthew Beaumont. Has been published by Bloomsbury Academic. It includes an essay by me called 'Distributism and the City', and lots of other fascinating stuff. Wednesday, January 15, 2014. I have decided to create a free online resource, which will be located here: http:/ mimesisannotated.blogspot.co.uk/. If you would like to contribute ...
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Links | BAMS
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British Association for Modernist Studies. New Work in Modernist Studies. The British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) aims to bring together all those in the UK interested in modernism, and to connect outwards globally. BAMS is also on Facebook. Research Networks / Groups / Grants. Archive / Art / Database Projects. Museums / Galleries / Libraries. RESEARCH NETWORKS / GROUPS / GRANTS. Dr Rebecca Beasley rebecca.beasley@queens.ox.ac.uk. And Dr Matthew Taunton m.taunton@uea.ac.uk. Dr Matthew Creas...