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Chris Murray

@drchrismurray.bsky.social

Author and critic | Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, Monash University | FRAS

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Just one Romanticism in-joke amid the assorted Australiana I've brought a colleague: Byron Bay was named for the poet's uncle, "Foul Weather Jack" Byron (not to be confused with "Mad Jack" Byron)

08.10.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting to our Manchester hotel was an odyssey, but now relaxing, and enjoying Holmes on Tennyson hugely

03.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just started this - it's intriguing

01.10.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Enjoying time in Oxford as Carr-Thomas-Ovenden Fellow in Romantic Literature. It's an ever-evolving institution, as I see at the beautiful and brand-new Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

01.10.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Murray shelf in my bookcase. Am I catching up? Disadvantaged by writing shorter books w/r/t book shelf real estate

25.07.2025 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sad to learn of the death of Simon James, Professor of Victorian literature at Durham University. I have lost a friend

17.06.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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O’Donnell Fellowship 2026 Applications are open for the 2026 O’Donnell Fellowship in Irish Studies at St Mary’s Newman Academic Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia. The application deadline is Friday 11 July 20…

Irish Studies 6-week fellowship at the University of Melbourne isaanz.org/odonnell-fel...

04.06.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Colum McCann’s Twist, the undersea data cables that connect us inspire a story of mystery and severed connections Twist is a richly allusive novel, with echoes of Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad and Philip Roth.

My review of #Twist, the new novel by #ColumMcCann theconversation.com/in-colum-mcc...

06.05.2025 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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