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Posted on February 22, 2019February 26, 2019

Dissertation Corner with Hannah Tindale: The Family Saga in Children’s Literature

In this week’s instalment of dissertation corner, Hannah Tindale tells us about her project on the family saga in children’s literature.

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Posted on February 22, 2019February 22, 2019

Dissertation Corner with Chloe Anson: Experimenting With Dystopia

In this week’s Dissertation Corner we talk to Chloe Anson about her work on a creative dissertation set in a dystopia.

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Posted on February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

Dissertation Corner with Ella Bramhall: Representing African-American Womanhood

In this week’s instalment of Dissertation Corner we talk to Ella Bramhall about her project on representations of African-American Womanhood.

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Posted on February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

Dissertation Corner with Georgia Fenwick: Women and Conflict in the World of G. R. R. Martin

In this week’s instalment of Dissertation Corner, Georgia Fenwick tells us about her project on women and conflict in the world of G. R. R. Martin!

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Posted on February 20, 2019February 20, 2019

Dissertation Corner with Samantha Bland: Child Protagonists and Technology in Science Fiction

In this week’s instalment of Dissertation Corner we speak to Samantha Bland about her project on child protagonists and technology in science fiction.

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Posted on February 19, 2019February 19, 2019

Dissertation Corner with Hannah Tetlow: American Masculinity at the end of the Nineteenth Century

In this week’s instalment of Dissertation Corner we talk to Hannah Tetlow about her project on American Masculinity at the end of the Nineteenth Century.

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Posted on February 19, 2019February 19, 2019

Dissertation Corner with Harriet Mercer: Mourning and Death in the Romantic Elegy, 1750-1830

In this week’s Dissertation Corner we speak to Harriet Mercer about her project on Mourning and Death in the Romantic Elegy, 1750-1830.

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Posted on February 14, 2019

Dissertation Corner with Anna Simmonds: ‘The Girl’ in Recent Crime Fiction

In the week’s  installment of Dissertation Corner, we hear from Anna Simmonds about her project on the figure of ‘the girl’ in recent crime fiction!

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Posted on February 14, 2019February 21, 2019

Dissertation Corner with Rebecca Scott: Moral Panic and 20th-Century Horror

In this week’s instalment of Dissertation Corner, Rebecca Scott tells us all about her project on moral panic and 20th-Century horror movie!

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Posted on January 31, 2019

Dissertation Corner with Charlotte Stevenson: Representing 1950s New York

In this week’s Dissertation Corner we speak to Charlotte Stevenson about her project on representations of 1950s New York!

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Posted on January 31, 2019January 31, 2019

Dissertation Corner with Sally Reid: On Oscar Wilde and Evelyn Waugh

Dissertation Corner returns! And for our first instalment of 2019, we’ve been talking to Sally Reid about her project about the relationship between biography and interpretation in the legacies of Oscar Wilde and Evelyn Waugh.

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Posted on March 11, 2018

dissertation corner with alice whiles

In this weeks visit to dissertation corner, Jenna Houston talks to Alice Whiles about her dissertation on racial passing and the reader.

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Posted on November 9, 2017November 9, 2017

dissertation corner with jenna houston

Interview conducted by Nicoletta Peddis

In our first ever visit to ‘Dissertation Corner’ we are joined by third-year student, Jenna Houston, who is currently penning a dissertation on binary relationships in Gothic literature!

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