by Talking Humanities | Feb 27, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Research & Resources
Dr Roy Booth, senior lecturer in the English department at Royal Holloway University of London, recalls a recent visit to Senate House Library where he and his students took part in a special session looking at early printed books on witchcraft held in the Harry Price Library of Magical Literature.
by Talking Humanities | Jan 15, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Publications, Research & Resources
We are so used to today’s definitive texts that it is easy to forget how elusive in the early modern period a definitive text can be. Indeed, literary experts still argue about whether early volumes of Shakespeare are the same play or different versions. It’s...
by aseifert | Mar 13, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Libraries & Publications
In a major piece of research facilitation, IES Associate Fellow Dr Karen Attar is editing the third edition of the Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland for CILIP’s Rare Books and Special Collections Group. The...
