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Find both of them here in our catalogue:

"Victorian Nightshades" https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1896129404

"Plowswords" https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=188200311X

Agriculture - just a trap? Cates Baldridge analyses narratives of the agriculturalist ideology in a variety of canonical #EnglishLiterature texts from 16th c to the present, incl. #Frankenstein #Shakespeare #WutheringHeights #Coetzee & more

#FoodStudies #CulturalStudies #LiteraryStudies

Holding the book "Plowswords" in front of a snowy meadow

2 new books on #plants & the #nonhuman in #Literature & #Culture
Elizabeth A. Campbell explores the #Solanaceae (belladonna, potato, tobacco, pepper, tomato etc) in diverse texts such as poetry & fiction but also botanical treatises, newspaper reports & medical ads

#CulturalStudies #FoodStudies

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New book alert! 🚨
How did #EnglishLiterature writers of the 18th & 19th c depict Nordic traditions such as #folklore or pagan religion in their #GothicLiterature ? Find out in "Nordic Terrors" by Robert W. Rix - now in our collection: https://s.gwdg.de/5xgTYQ

#Gothic #LiteraryStudies #Scandinavia

Holding the book "Nordic Terrors" by Robert W. Rix in a snowy landscape

Dearest Gentle Readers, it has come to this author's attention that a new season is upon us. It is that scandalous #Bridgerton family again! We are consulting our collection on them - for knowledge, dear reader, is power - and it looks rather good in one's hands 🪶📖

#BridgertonSeason4

A Bridgerton themed bookstack on adaptation, colourblind casting, Black Neo-Victoriana, politeness and class and the British royals, decorated on a wooden table in SUB library's main building with a blue ribbon and a black feather mask

#CallforPapers #CfP by the Obama Institute Mainz for a student #conference

topic: “‘We Hold These Truths’? 250 Years Later
deadline: February 28, 2026
conference dates: June 19- 20, 2026.

#DeclarationOfIndependence #America250 #AmericanStudies #USA250

link for details: http://www.obama-institute.com/call-for-papers-we-hold-these-truths-250-years-later/

Find all 4 books on #Medievalism in our online catalogue:

Music & M. https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1891185373

United States of M. https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1769706976

M. & Reception https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1913027864

NZ / Aotearoa M. https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1883252008

Finally, book 4 in our #Medievalism set is this edited collection by Anna Czarnowus & Janet M. Wilson which gives a #PostcolonialStudies & #MaoriStudies perspective on how the #MiddleAges were re-interpreted in #Aotearoa #NewZealand - incl the #LOTR films

#NewZealandStudies #CulturalStudies

Holding the book "New Zealand Medievalism", with snowy ground in the background

Uniting for the first time the concepts of #Medievalism & #ReceptionStudies this collection edited by Ellie Crookes & Ika Willis includes topics as diverse as #StarWars #RobinHoos & #Chaucer & #Victorian perspectives on #AnneBoleyn & the crusades & more

The book "Medievalism and Reception" on a wooden bench, with snowy ground and trees in the background

"The United States of Medievalism" is a #CulturalStudies essay collection edited by Tison Pugh & Susan Aronstein traces the (visual) influence of the European #MiddleAges on today's USA - in #themeparks #gardens #architecture - on highways, in Las Vegas & during Mardi Gras

#AmericanStudies

The book "The United States of Medievalism" on a wooden bench, with snowy ground and trees in the background

Welcoming 4 new books on #Medievalism to our collection!
Helen Dell's "Fantasies of Music in Nostalgic Medievalism" examines the surge of music at the core of an imagined medieval & the #nostalgia for this invented past, esp in #FantasyLiterature such as #Tolkien 's #LOTR

#CulturalStudies

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Find it here in our catalogue to order for inter-library loan:
https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1669909778

Nicholas A. Basbanes's "Cross of Snow" is the 1st major literary #biography on #AmericanPoet & translator #HenryWadsworthLongfellow in 50 years & traces the tragedies & achievements of his life, w new material & a fresh look at #Longfellow 's 2nd wife Fanny

#AmericanLiterature #Poetry #biographies

Holding the book "Cross of Snow - A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" in front of an old cross gravestone in the snow at a cemetery

FID Anglo-American Culture boosted:

Für openbiblio.social ziehen wir Konsequenzen: Die Instanz wird in den kommenden Wochen zu einem professionellen Mastodon-Dienstleister migriert, mit belastbaren Backup- und Recovery-Konzepten. Der Ausfall hat uns zugleich gezeigt, was für eine großartige Community wir haben. Danke für eure Geduld, euer Vertrauen und eure Treue. 9/9

Find them both here in our catalogue:

Fleming, "Animating the Victorians" https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1913296644

Shealy, "Little Women at 150" https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1782149015

2) On the other side of the pond, #LouisaMayAlcott 's #LittleWomen is a classic of #AmericanLiterature & #childrensliterature - popular all year round, but especially at #Christmas
This essay collection, ed. by Daniel Shealy revisits the novel in 8 new essays, incl a look at #AustralianLiterature

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#Christmas is a time of tradition & #nostalgia for many. Embrace it with these 2 new studies on beloved #childrensclassics
1) Patrick C. Fleming's "Animating the Victorians", tracing the #GoldenAge #childrensliterature texts that inspired #WaltDisney & Co

#Disney #VictorianLiterature #Adaptations

Holding the book "Animating the Victorians - Disney's Literary History" in front of a christmas tree decorated with silver ornaments

#MerryChristmas 🎁
Will there be any books under your tree this year?
If so, why not explore the tradition of "The Literary Gift in Early America" with David Faflik's interdisciplinary study on gifting books, #giftbooks & beyond!

https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=189304355X

#AmericanStudies #AmericanLiterature

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"Seekers of Wonder" by Elena E. Sottilotta pioneers the comparison of women's roles in Italian & #IrishFolklore & #FairyTales 1870-1920 collected / written by #WomenWriters Laura Gonzenbach, Grazia Deledda, #JaneWilde & #AugustaGregory

#IrishLiterature #IrishStudies #Folklore