Monthly Archives: December 2022

Ghosts & Clairvoyants Galore: Notes on Endings to Edwin Drood

Posted on 28 December 2022 by Sørina Higgins

In 1870, the great novelist Charles Dickens was fifty-eight years old and quite ill, having suffered a stroke the previous year. Nevertheless, he began work on a new novel and arranged for it to be published serially by Chapman & … Continue reading →

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CW’s Nativity Plays

Posted on 21 December 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Although Charles Williams is known more for obscurity and difficulty than for compelling drama, he was capable of the latter, and wrote a few “unusually intelligible” Nativity plays. These include Seed of Adam (1936), The Death of Good Fortune (1939), … Continue reading →

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The Masque of the Mischievous

Posted on 14 December 2022 by Sørina Higgins

In case you’ve been wondering what I’m up to and why I haven’t been posting even though I finished my PhD a year ago, here’s an update! Last spring, Corey Olsen (The Tolkien Professor, President of Signum University) tasked me … Continue reading →

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