Jane Loughman
@queenofquirk.bsky.social
irish grad working in dublin | barbara pym fanatic, or “pymite” | modern & contemporary lit master’s at oxford | dual ba program between trinity college dublin and columbia university
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Jane Loughman
@queenofquirk.bsky.social
· Dec 19
10. A Genetic and Biographical Analysis of Barbara Pym’s Companion Character
Jessie Morrow, the paid companion of the elderly Miss Doggett, is a prominent character in Barbara Pym’s fictional world. The first time Pym wrote about Jessie was in a 1939-40 draft of Crampton Hodne...
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My Master's research was published! My chapter analyses Barbara Pym’s companion character using her archives from @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social. Published by @openbookpublish.bsky.social, the book is open access, so you can read my chapter right now!
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
more writing on my substack, this time about my time in New York 🥰 open.substack.com/pub/shesacha...
Jane the New Yorker
On narrative identity, how you can leave a self behind in a place you've lived, and if you can find that self again
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May 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
more writing on my substack, this time about my time in New York 🥰 open.substack.com/pub/shesacha...
I have published my first substack post! have a read!
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I have wanted to be more than I have wanted to do
On Jacqueline Wilson's teen diaries, and my childhood dream of becoming an author
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March 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I have published my first substack post! have a read!
open.substack.com/pub/shesacha...
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Parties and drink are a bad thing when one has a little misery lurking somewhere.
—Barbara Pym, diary, October 26, 1944
—Barbara Pym, diary, October 26, 1944
December 16, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Parties and drink are a bad thing when one has a little misery lurking somewhere.
—Barbara Pym, diary, October 26, 1944
—Barbara Pym, diary, October 26, 1944
My Master's research was published! My chapter analyses Barbara Pym’s companion character using her archives from @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social. Published by @openbookpublish.bsky.social, the book is open access, so you can read my chapter right now!
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
10. A Genetic and Biographical Analysis of Barbara Pym’s Companion Character
Jessie Morrow, the paid companion of the elderly Miss Doggett, is a prominent character in Barbara Pym’s fictional world. The first time Pym wrote about Jessie was in a 1939-40 draft of Crampton Hodne...
www.openbookpublishers.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:51 PM
My Master's research was published! My chapter analyses Barbara Pym’s companion character using her archives from @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social. Published by @openbookpublish.bsky.social, the book is open access, so you can read my chapter right now!
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
Reposted by Jane Loughman
OUT NOW: Genetic Narratology: Analysing Narrative across Versions by Dirk Van Hulle! This is the first full-length volume to merge genetic criticism with narratology, offering an innovative approach to understanding literature. Read for free or get a hard copy: https://buff.ly/3ZDnyj9
December 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM
OUT NOW: Genetic Narratology: Analysing Narrative across Versions by Dirk Van Hulle! This is the first full-length volume to merge genetic criticism with narratology, offering an innovative approach to understanding literature. Read for free or get a hard copy: https://buff.ly/3ZDnyj9
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The Bodleian’s highest honour, the Bodley Medal is awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the worlds of books and literature, libraries, media and communications, science and philanthropy.
Photos: Cyrus Mower
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Photos: Cyrus Mower
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March 25, 2024 at 2:56 PM
The Bodleian’s highest honour, the Bodley Medal is awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the worlds of books and literature, libraries, media and communications, science and philanthropy.
Photos: Cyrus Mower
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/librar...
Photos: Cyrus Mower
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/librar...
Last weekend, I presented a paper to the Barbara Pym Society at their North American Conference in Boston. I wrote the paper originally for one of my essays during my Master’s at Oxford, so it was such a thrill to return to it and to showcase my research to a wonderful group of Pym fanatics.
March 25, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Last weekend, I presented a paper to the Barbara Pym Society at their North American Conference in Boston. I wrote the paper originally for one of my essays during my Master’s at Oxford, so it was such a thrill to return to it and to showcase my research to a wonderful group of Pym fanatics.