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Entry on Frederick William Robinson (2018)
Book Chapter
Schwan, A. (2018). Entry on Frederick William Robinson. In K. A. Morrison (Ed.), Companion to Victorian Popular Fiction (201-202). Jefferson, North Carolina.: McFarland & Company

This is a biographical author entry in literary companion.

Our Progeny’s Monsters: Frankenstein Retold for Children in Picturebooks and Graphic Novels (2018)
Book Chapter
Alder, E. (2018). Our Progeny’s Monsters: Frankenstein Retold for Children in Picturebooks and Graphic Novels. In Global Frankenstein, 209-225. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78142-6

Frankenstein is surprisingly well-suited to stories aimed at children and is often adapted for young readerships. This essay explores why, through a focus on graphic narratives. I examine five books: picturebooks Do not build a Frankenstein! by Neil... Read More about Our Progeny’s Monsters: Frankenstein Retold for Children in Picturebooks and Graphic Novels.

Ford and the First World War (2018)
Book Chapter
Frayn, A. (2018). Ford and the First World War. In The Routledge Research Companion to Ford Madox Ford. Routledge

This chapter surveys Ford Madox Ford's writings about war. He was conscious of war writing by the beginning of the twentieth century via his friendship with Stephen Crane; the First World War, however, was the major conflict for Ford. He wrote abou... Read More about Ford and the First World War.

The 9/11 Novel (2018)
Book Chapter
Keeble, A. (2018). The 9/11 Novel. In The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Literary Fiction, (273-286). London: Taylor & Francis

Abstract not available.

From Singapore with Nature (2018)
Book Chapter
Supartono, A. (2018). From Singapore with Nature

In 1819, when Stamford Raffles decided to turn the small fishing island at the Malacca strait into a trading port of British East India company, the future of Singapore was sealed.  Highly influenced by then the admirable Adam Smith and David Ricardo... Read More about From Singapore with Nature.

Pernille Spence & Zoë Irvine [interview] (2018)
Book Chapter
Irvine, Z., & Spence, P. (2018). Pernille Spence & Zoë Irvine [interview]. In WomenCinemakers (80-101). Berlin: Women Cinemakers

Interview in WomenCinemakers with Zoë Irvine & Pernille Spence regarding House Arrest series of work.

A Sojourner's Calcutta: Through the Colonial Lens (2018)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2018). A Sojourner's Calcutta: Through the Colonial Lens. In B. Fraser, T. Mukherjee, & A. Sen (Eds.), Scottish Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance: The Continuum of Ideas (30-47). Edinburgh, Scotland: Luath Press

No abstract available.

Architecture of Punishment: Dystopian Cities Marking the Body (2018)
Book Chapter
Cityscapes of the Future (49-65). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004361317_005

This chapter investigates the ways in which China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station, Alastair Reynolds’ Terminal World and Christopher Priest’s Inverted World represent governments which enforce submission by creating monstrous architectural structur... Read More about Architecture of Punishment: Dystopian Cities Marking the Body.

Spleen (2018)
Book Chapter
Thomson, T. (2017). Spleen. In V. Koloctroni, & O. Taxidou (Eds.), The Edinburgh Dictionary of ModernismEdinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press

Encyclopedia entry.

Metropolis (2018)
Book Chapter
Thomson, T. (2017). Metropolis. In V. Koloctroni, & O. Taxidou (Eds.), The Edinburgh Dictionary of ModernismEdinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press

Encyclopedia entry

The Crowd (2018)
Book Chapter
Thomson, T. (2017). The Crowd. In V. Koloctroni, & O. Taxidou (Eds.), The Edinburgh Dictionary of ModernismEdinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press

Encyclopedia entry

Mining for counterculture (2018)
Book Chapter
Malcolm, C. (2018). Mining for counterculture. In A. Dillane, M. J. Power, & E. Devereux (Eds.), Heart and Soul - Critical essays on Joy Division. , (195-208). Rowman and Littlefield international

Malcolm, C. (2018). Mining for counterculture. In A. Dillane, M. J. Power, & E. Devereux (Eds.), Heart and Soul - Critical essays on Joy Division, (195-208). Rowman and Littlefield international

'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close. (2018)
Book Chapter
Artt, S. (2018). 'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close. In M. Pietrzak-Franger, N. Pleßke, & E. Voigts (Eds.), Transforming Cities (91-106). Universitätsverlag Winter

The figure of the prostitute has long been associated with the city and although prostitution may take place anywhere, the connection between female prostitution and the city remains prevalent across literature, film, television and fine art. The pro... Read More about 'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close..

Reverse engineering the human: artificial intelligence and acting theory (2018)
Book Chapter
Soto-Morettini, D. (2018). Reverse engineering the human: artificial intelligence and acting theory. In E. Bryon, J. M. Bishop, D. McLaughlin, & J. Kaufman (Eds.), Embodied Cognition, Acting and Performance. Routledge

In two separate papers, Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Robotics researcher Guy Hoffman takes as a starting point that actors have been in the business of reverse engineering human behaviour for centuries. In this paper, I follow the similar trajectorie... Read More about Reverse engineering the human: artificial intelligence and acting theory.

“Multiplicity Embarasses the Eye”: The Digital Mapping of Literary Edinburgh (2018)
Book Chapter
Thomson, T., Loxley, J., Alex, B., Grover, C., Hinrichs, U., Harris-Birtill, D., Anderson, M., Quigley, A., & Oberlander, J. (2018). “Multiplicity Embarasses the Eye”: The Digital Mapping of Literary Edinburgh. In I. Gregory, D. DeBats, & D. Lafreniere (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Spatial History. Routledge

No abstract available.