Religion in the middle-brow novels

One of the recurring themes in the middlebrow novels I have read as part of the Reading 1900-1950 project is religion, church teachings and theological in fighting. It struck me that maybe this is one of the reasons why a lot of these novels are no longer popular. These subjects are of far less interest … Continue reading →

Are you reading the same books as we have in our collection?

If so, would you like to tell us about their contents? At Sheffield Hallam University we are storing information about the books in our catalogue.  The wealth of data collected includes genre, subject, plot summaries, and details of references to other books, writers and artists within the novels. We are calling this ‘enhanced cataloguing’. This will form a … Continue reading →