Daniel Sawyer
@danielsawyer.bsky.social
Lecturer, Birkbeck; Academic Visitor, Oxford.
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Had a lovely time this evening at the launch for /Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction/, out now (inc. open access) from UoL Press!
March 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Had a lovely time this evening at the launch for /Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction/, out now (inc. open access) from UoL Press!
Delighted to see Choice carrying a generous review by A. L. Kaufman of my book (which you can buy for £14/$17.50 from OUP using the code AAFLYG6—
January 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Delighted to see Choice carrying a generous review by A. L. Kaufman of my book (which you can buy for £14/$17.50 from OUP using the code AAFLYG6—
Proofs, proofs, proofs!
Not the biggest finding ever, but it needed publishing.
Not the biggest finding ever, but it needed publishing.
October 25, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Proofs, proofs, proofs!
Not the biggest finding ever, but it needed publishing.
Not the biggest finding ever, but it needed publishing.
#medievalsky, get 30% off How to Read Middle English Poetry!
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May 2, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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May Morning, and by chance the one morning in the year when I get to teach using the Vernon Manuscript.
May 1, 2024 at 1:50 PM
May Morning, and by chance the one morning in the year when I get to teach using the Vernon Manuscript.
OUP tell me I can share the discount for How to Read Middle English Poetry as widely as I like.
So! AAFLYG6 for 30% off through global.oup.com/academic.
The code should work for both paperback and hardback!
So! AAFLYG6 for 30% off through global.oup.com/academic.
The code should work for both paperback and hardback!
April 24, 2024 at 3:43 PM
OUP tell me I can share the discount for How to Read Middle English Poetry as widely as I like.
So! AAFLYG6 for 30% off through global.oup.com/academic.
The code should work for both paperback and hardback!
So! AAFLYG6 for 30% off through global.oup.com/academic.
The code should work for both paperback and hardback!
At last have my hands on hard copy of my new Chaucer article in Medium Ævum.
April 24, 2024 at 2:34 PM
At last have my hands on hard copy of my new Chaucer article in Medium Ævum.
Indexing is dry work, and you have to wring amusement out of it where you can.
November 28, 2023 at 8:20 PM
Indexing is dry work, and you have to wring amusement out of it where you can.
Sometimes poems take up only a tiny part of a book, yet simply by seeing them you can guess at the whole content's overarching themes and purposes.
November 13, 2023 at 7:59 AM
Sometimes poems take up only a tiny part of a book, yet simply by seeing them you can guess at the whole content's overarching themes and purposes.
A provisional cover!
The image is part of Manchester, John Rylands, MS Eng. 1 (Lydgate's Troy Book), f. 31v, and it depicts the rebuilding of Troy.
I wanted something to match HTR's focus on the practical craft and work of poetry. And, for that matter, the practical craft and work of criticism.
The image is part of Manchester, John Rylands, MS Eng. 1 (Lydgate's Troy Book), f. 31v, and it depicts the rebuilding of Troy.
I wanted something to match HTR's focus on the practical craft and work of poetry. And, for that matter, the practical craft and work of criticism.
October 12, 2023 at 8:30 PM
A provisional cover!
The image is part of Manchester, John Rylands, MS Eng. 1 (Lydgate's Troy Book), f. 31v, and it depicts the rebuilding of Troy.
I wanted something to match HTR's focus on the practical craft and work of poetry. And, for that matter, the practical craft and work of criticism.
The image is part of Manchester, John Rylands, MS Eng. 1 (Lydgate's Troy Book), f. 31v, and it depicts the rebuilding of Troy.
I wanted something to match HTR's focus on the practical craft and work of poetry. And, for that matter, the practical craft and work of criticism.
Proofs! Now, if only there was a book explaining How to Read How to Read Middle English Poetry…
October 10, 2023 at 3:07 PM
Proofs! Now, if only there was a book explaining How to Read How to Read Middle English Poetry…