The Fetters of Rhyme, by Rebecca Rush
Peter J. Smith admires a bold attempt to show how details of poetic form reflected deep political and religious divisions in early modern England
Peter J. Smith admires a bold attempt to show how details of poetic form reflected deep political and religious divisions in early modern England
Peter J. Smith applauds a fascinating, if stomach-churning, study of ‘the pongs of the past’
Peter J. Smith enjoys a vivid, if perhaps idealised, account of life in one of the world’s great breweries
Peter J. Smith raises a glass to ‘conviviality’ in life and literature
Peter J. Smith on an ambitious effort to mobilise Middle English literature for modern feminism