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‘A Dance with Hermes’: an evening with Lindsay Clarke in Bath on 6 September
Hermes, the messenger god, will be celebrated in a ‘power-poem’ presentation at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution...

Anthony Nanson
Aug 22, 20172 min read


Valerian and Laureline and the Dream of Paradise
<p>I was wrong to think that the guy and the girl always had equal billing in the title of the original comic series: Valérian et Laureline was for most of its history Valérian, agent spatio-temporel. But I still reckon the … <a href="https://nansondeeptime.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/valerian-and-laureline-and-the-dream-of-paradise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>

Anthony Nanson
Aug 7, 20173 min read


The Dedalus Book of Greek Fantasy
<p>Fantasy as a dedicated genre didn’t really exist in Greece till very recently. Many of the stories gathered in The Dedalus Book of Greek Fantasy, dating from the 19th century to the turn of the 21st, are by mainstream literary … <a href="https://nansondeeptime.wordpress.com/2017/07/31/the-dedalus-book-of-greek-fantasy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>

Anthony Nanson
Jul 31, 20172 min read


On the Cover: Glossing the Spoils
by Kirsty Hartsiotis When I first saw the cover image for Charlotte Hussey’s Glossing the Spoils, that’s exactly what I thought we had....

Anthony Nanson
Jul 24, 20172 min read


Myths, Genres, and Forms in Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism
<p>Northrop Frye’s Anatomy of Criticism is a landmark of literary criticism to which I found my way via its influence on the Tolkien scholarship of Tom Shippey and Margaret Anne Doody’s superb book The True Story of the Novel. Frye’s … <a href="https://nansondeeptime.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/myths-genres-and-forms-in-northrop-fryes-anatomy-of-criticism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>

Anthony Nanson
Jul 23, 20173 min read


Writing on the Wall: Poetry and Saving the Planet
By Irina Kuzminsky June 3, Waterloo Festival, St John’s Waterloo On a spectacularly sunny English summer day some of Britain’s best poets...

Anthony Nanson
Jul 4, 20174 min read


David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks
<p>I was keen to read David Mitchell’s new novel because I loved Cloud Atlas. Like that masterpiece, The Bone Clocks comprises six novella-length sections each narrated by a different character in a different time period. But these narratives are closer … <a href="https://nansondeeptime.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/david-mitchells-the-bone-clocks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>

Anthony Nanson
Jul 2, 20174 min read
Event: Living a Writer’s Life
LIVING A WRITER’S LIFE an evening with Devon poet & author Roselle Angwin BookStop event at The Bedford Hotel, Tavistock, Devon, Friday...

Anthony Nanson
Jun 29, 20171 min read
Lewis Spence's The Problem of Lemuria
<p>If, like me, you love myth and folklore, you may know Lewis Spence as the author of numerous books, in the early twentieth century, about the mythology of different parts of the world. I find his books more readable and useful … <a href="https://nansondeeptime.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/lewis-spence-and-the-problem-of-lemuria/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>

Anthony Nanson
Jun 28, 20173 min read


Charlotte Hussey’s Glossing the Spoils
by Anthony Nanson Charlotte Hussey’s Glossing the Spoils is rather more than a collection of poems. It will have a particular interest,...

Anthony Nanson
Jun 27, 20172 min read
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