Byron’s engagement with Eastern European writers: Mickiewicz and Pushkin

22 September 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Jonathan Gross, author of The European Byron Mobility, Cosmopolitanism, and Chameleon Although there have been many studies of Byron’s European impact, I consider the Eastern European reach of Byron. Mazepa, a painting by Vernet (‘Mazepa and the Wolves’, 1826), and another study, by a...

The warlike king who died in his bed

15 September 2025 Author Interviews

This is an author interview by Dylan Motin, author of How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid Q1. Why a book about Louis XIV and not any other king? Louis XIV’s France belonged in a rare category of states. Not only was it a great power but also what international...

Play and the vitality of cities

5 September 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Duncan McDuie-Ra, author of Insurgent Play: Social Worlds of Urban Disruption Play is intrinsic to human existence and to some non-human animals too. We can think of play in different ways; as creative and destructive, as individual and collective, as production and consumption,...

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Byron’s engagement with Eastern European writers: Mickiewicz and Pushkin

The warlike king who died in his bed

Play and the vitality of cities

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