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Scottish Literature, Regionalism, Romanticism, Enlightenment, Book History

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · Nov 15

My new book is out in the world! It advocates a new, regional way of thinking about Scottish literature and Romanticism. It’s been a labour of love that’s seen me through two babies and a global pandemic, can’t wait to hear what people take from it 🙏 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

A scholarly book titled ‘Regional Romanticism’ standing on a bookshelf.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 24d

Recorded on 4 Sept 2025 – Dr Gerard McKeever, lecturer in modern Scottish literature at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, speaks about Walter Scott’s relationship with Scotland, particularly through the lens of his so-called “Scotch Novels”
#C19th #romanticism
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Dr Gerard McKeever - Scotch Novels

YouTube video by The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · 29d

Huge congrats to the wonderful @cleoocy.bsky.social who passed her viva today with no corrections!

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · Aug 30

Just watched There Will Be Blood for the first time in about ten years. Holy mackerel, what an unbelievable film. Had forgotten quite how unhinged Day-Lewis’s character is.

Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · Jul 29

Went on a holiday and it was totally awesome

A man smiling beside the road sign for Pont L’Évêque

A board with very nice Pont L’Évêque cheese on it.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jun 27

IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza.

Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid
IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, prompting the military prosecution to call for a review into possible war crimes

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · Jun 20

I like the Pope, the Pope says nope

ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · Jun 20

pope leo speaks on the risks children face from using ai, saying he’s concerned about “the possible consequences of the use of ai on their intellectual and neurological development.”

“access to data, however extensive, must not be confused with intelligence” he said.

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Christine Ferguson @cferguson.bsky.social · Jun 7

The secrets are out! Great to see this years-long labour of love out in the world. The official publication date is June 28; available for pre-order on the OUP website now! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · May 29

Call for Applications: Stephen Copley Research Award
Deadline 1st June 2025

The BARS Executive Committee has established the bursaries in order to help fund research expenses up to a maximum of £500.

More information and how to apply:
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · May 24

Normalise writing a nice quick note to scholars literally every time you read and like their work. Our world is small and getting smaller. We need encouragement.

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · May 23

This sounds great, congrats! Can’t wait to read it.

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · May 15

Todorov! Structuralism and genre are a match made in heaven

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · May 14

3/3 Only at the very end of this rehearsal of the lore do we get to the real basis of the problems here:

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · May 7

Will look forward to reading that. To me, she’s one of the instances where Scott is most strongly flirting with a genuinely supernatural character, short of the White Lady of Avenel, of course.

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · May 7

Good stuff! Peveril of the Peak is so often laughing at rather than with Geoffrey Hudson. Think it’s my least favourite of the entire 27 novels.

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · Apr 26

Oooh sounds interesting! Can you tease a few of your primary texts?

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · Apr 19

Key lime time

Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · Apr 19

Email I received from a senior colleague at Berkeley this week opened ‘Greetings from the anarcho-neofascist hellscape!’ … thoughts are with everyone in the US 🙏

Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · Apr 18

It’s a butter delivery system tbh - more butter the better

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Matthew Sangster @mjrsangster.bsky.social · Apr 10

A new Five Questions interview up on the BARS Blog (@bars.bsky.social) - @mckeever.bsky.social on his new monograph, Regional Romanticism: Literature and Southwest Scotland, c.1770–1830: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5944.

Five Questions: Gerard McKeever on Regional Romanticism – BARS Blog

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · Apr 9

🔥🔥🔥 Some much needed good news at last!: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427...

Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon: 9781594206108 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The new novel from Thomas Pynchon Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation busines...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Kate Ash-Irisarri @kateai.bsky.social · Apr 1

It could be an April Fool but, apparently, it’s publication day for this wee book. Thanks to all at @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social for bringing it into the world!

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · Mar 14

Fellowship opportunity here at Edinburgh for unaffiliated ECRs in C19 studies. Very happy to chat to anyone who’s interested in applying.

British Association for Romantic Studies ECRs & Postgraduates @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social · Mar 13

We're delighted to announce that applications for the 2025-26 BARS/BAVS Nineteenth-Century Matters Fellowship are now open!

Deadline for applications: Monday 12 May 2025.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Alice Thornton's Books @thorntonsbooks.bsky.social · Mar 7

Big news! The digital edition of Alice Thornton's four Books is now complete and online. There are 1,019 pages (c. 270,000 words) of Thornton’s life-writings in both modernised and semi-diplomatic versions and they are fully searchable.
#EarlyModern 🗃️ 📚 📜
thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/news/2...

Full and Final Edition Now Available

News article - 24 February 2025

thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · Feb 15

Ciarárn Hinds as Karl Marx

Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · Feb 15

Exactly right. There’s a view out that that universities are a tweedy self-indulgence. In reality, they’re a massive component of regional economies right across the UK and essential to any feasible vision of national economic renewal.

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