text by Dorota Osińska Warsaw Literary Meetings have been an integral part of our research. This series of one-day workshops is organised to generate discussions and encourage cooperation among scholars with diverse research interests. Each workshop focuses on a specific theme in the literary and cultural life of the 18th and 19th centuries, examining the […]
text by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko This question has motivated numerous texts – plays, novels, short stories, parodies, pastiches, fanfiction, ‘Grand Game’ studies, movies, TV shows, video and board games – and apparently both their creators and the audiences are still fascinated with its (im)possible outcomes. Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper have developed in parallel and, up […]
text by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko The following text contains fragments from my latest article Transtemporality and Transmemory in Beforeigners: Or, “Jack the Ripper has timeigrated”, Again (Neo-Victorian Studies 14:1). Beforeigners (2019–) is an intriguing example of and commentary on the way in which transnational audiences and creators grapple with the myth of “Jack the Ripper”. The […]
