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12015Review of Douglas Gray, 'Simple Forms: Essays on Mediaeval English Popular Literature' (Oxford: University Press, 2015). Pp. ix, 267, with about 10 blanks end papers, for notes, references, etc., to be added, if so desired.Ryan, John S 17-Feb-2017
22014Review of Blair, Rev. Duncan, 'Parting, Prophecy, Poetry'. With trans. by John A. Macpherson and Michael Linkletter (Sydney, Nova Scotia: Cape Breton University Press, 2013). Pp. 256. ISBN 978-1-927492-43-7, EPUB 978-1-927492-45-1. CA$14.95.Ryan, John S 4-Jan-2016
32014Review of 'Scottish Studies: The Journal of the School of Scottish Studies', no. 36 (2011-2013). ISSN 0036-9411.Ryan, John S ; Smith, Robert James24-Dec-2015
42013Review of Baugh, Albert C. and Thomas Cable, 'A History of the English Language', 6th edn (London and New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2013). Pp. xvi, 446.Ryan, John S 22-Jan-2015
52013Review of Scates, Bruce, 'On Dangerous Ground: A Gallipoli Story', (Crawley, WA: UWA Publishing, an Imprint of the University of Western Australia, 2009). ISBN 9781742583938. (Pbk.). Pp. vii+263. Many sketches, maps, lithographs, etc.Ryan, John S 27-Jan-2015
62011Review of 'Tradition Today'. No 1, April 2011. Sheffield: The Centre for English Traditional Heritage. 71 pp.Ryan, John S 12-Jun-2012
72011Review of 'Australians in Britain: The Twentieth Century Experience', ed. by Carl Bridge, Robert Crawford and David Dunstan (Clayton, Vic.: Monash University ePress, 2009). 256 pp. ISBN 9780980464863 (pbk), 9780980464870 (online). RRP A$34.95 (pbk).Ryan, John S 12-Jun-2012
82011Review of 'The Locals. Identity, Place and Belonging in Australia and Beyond'. By Rob Garbutt. Oxford, Bern, Berlin, New York, etc.: Peter Lang, 2011. Soft covers. Pp. xi, 250,+ iv. And with one location figure / map. ISSN 1661-3252. ISBN 978-3-0343-0154-19 (alkaline paper). R.R.P. Euro €38.89 . Also avail. as .pdf download, at same price.Ryan, John S 12-Jun-2012
92010Review of Elizabeth Taylor, 'Haunted Halls: Ghostlore of American Campuses': (Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2007.) Paper and cloth. P. ix + 241. ISBN 978-1-57806-944-1. Unjacketed Cloth. $US 50-00. ISBN 978-1-57806-995-8. Paper. $US 20-00.Ryan, John S 26-May-2011
102010Review of of Ian Ridgway's 'Red Cedar-Red Gold Trilogy'Ryan, John Sprott 3-May-2011
112009Review of Bruce Moore, 'Speaking Our Language: The Story of Australian English' (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2008). Pp. xix, 225. ISBN (pbk) 9780 19556 5782, $32-95. [Also in hardback, ISBN 9780 19556 5775.]Ryan, John S 27-Nov-2015
122009Review of Brett J. Stubbs, 'The Gold Digger's Arms: Pubs of the Upper Clarence River District, New South Wales'. East Lismore, NSW: Tankard Books, PO Box 5098, 2009). Soft covers, A4 format. Pp. viii, 120. 53 Figures, mainly original photographs. $30.00, postage free within AustraliaRyan, John S 27-Nov-2015
132008Freedman, Paul, and Monique Bourin, eds, 'Forces of Servitude in Northern and Central Europe: Decline, Resistance, and Expansion': (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe, 9), Turnhout, Brepols, 2007; hardback; pp. x, 449; 22 b/w illustrations; R.R.P. €80.00; ISBN 2503516947.Ryan, John Sprott 5-Aug-2009
142008Review of Nützenadel, Alexander and Trentmann, F. eds. 'Food and Globalization: Consumption, markets and Politics in the Modern World': (Oxford and New York: Berg, 2008). PP. 400. ISBN (cloth) 978-1-84520-678. RRP GBP 60-00. ISBN (paper) 978-1-84520 679-6. RRP GBP 19-99.Ryan, John Sprott 10-Aug-2009
152008Kennedy, John, 'Translating the Sagas: Two Hundred Years of Challenge and Response': (Making the Middle Ages, 5), Turnhout, Brepols, 2007; hardback; pp. ix, 219; R.R.P. €60.00; ISBN 9782530507729.Ryan, John Sprott 10-Aug-2009
162008Review of 'Beowulf: A New Translation for Oral Delivery' By Dick Ringler: (Indianapolis, Indiana, USA: Hackett Publishing Co., Inc., 2007). Pp. cxiii, 188. ISBN 978 0 87220 893 (pbk); ISBN 978 0 87220 894 0 (cloth). [Distributed in Australia by Academic Marketing UNIREPS/ UNSW Press]Ryan, John Sprott 10-Aug-2009
172007The Changing Purposes for Our Museums: A Review Article on K. Message's Recent BookRyan, John Sprott 29-May-2009
182007Review of Warburton, Carl, 'Buffaloes: Adventures in Arnhem Land': ed. and introduced by David Andrew Roberts and Adrian Parker. 3rd ed. With a 'Foreword' by Professor John Mulvaney (Marleston, SA: Gecko Books, 2007). Pp. xxiii, 261, on high gloss paper, 7 pages of historic black and white photo plates, plus four modem ones in colour. ISBN 0977511413. RRP A$ 19.95.Ryan, John Sprott 20-Jul-2009
192006'Sounds Irish: The Irish Language in Australia' by Dymphna LonerganRyan, John Sprott 25-May-2009
202006Arakoon: The Lore Surrounding the Gaol: Gwen Kelly's 'Always Afternoon' (1981)Ryan, John Sprott 22-Jul-2009
212006Review of Jane Elliott, 'Using Narrative in Social Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches' (London: Sage Publications, 2005), pp. xi, 220. ISBN (h.c.) 1412900409, (pbk.) 1412900417, pp. xi, 220.Ryan, John S 17-Nov-2015
222006Review of Beverley Kingston, 'A History of New South Wales' (Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2006), pb ISBN 0 521 54168-9, pp. x, 299.Mason, Susan; Ryan, John S 17-Nov-2015
232006Review of Dr Ros Kidd, 'Trustees on Trial: Recovering the Stolen Wages' (Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006), pb., ISBN (10) 0855755466: (13) 9780855755461. Pp. 224 (with 12 pages of plates). R.R.P. $26.00.Ryan, John S 17-Nov-2015
242005'Capital Offences: Geographies of Class and Crime in Victorian London' by Simone Joyce: Victorian Literature and Culture. Charlottesville and London: U of Virginia P, 2003. ix + 267. ISBN 0-8139-2180-5. AU$106.50, US$39.50 (hardcover).Ryan, John Sprott 18-Jul-2009
252004Review of Veronica Strang, 'The Meaning of Water': Oxford and New York: Berg, 2004. Pp.ix,274. ISBN (cloth) 185973748X R.R. Price: $US 84.95. ISBN (paper) 1859737536. RRP $US 28-95Ryan, John Sprott 14-Jul-2009
262004Review of Richard Selleck and Stuart MacIntyre, 'A Short History of the University of Melbourne': Carlton: Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 2003. Pp. v,193. With numerous black and white photos and six pages of site maps. Hardback. ISBN 0522850588. RRP. $24.95Ryan, John Sprott 15-Jul-2009
272004Review of Peter Narvaez, 'Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore and Popular Culture': Logan Utah, Utah State University Press, 2003. $US24.95. ISBN 0874215595 (paper)Ryan, John Sprott 15-Jul-2009
282004Review of Robin Gerster and Peter Pierce (eds.), 'On the War-Path: An Anthology of Australian Military Travel': Carlton, Vic., Melbourne University Press, 2004. Pp. xii + 350. Paper. ISBN 0522850871. RRP. $AU39-95Ryan, John Sprott 14-Jul-2009
292004Review of Mary Ann Bell, Mary Ann Berry and James L. Van Roekel, 'Internet and Personal Computing Fads': New York, London and Oxford: The Haworth Pres. Pp. xiv, 211. ISBN (cloth) 0789017717. RRP. $US39.95. ISBN (paper) 0789017715. RRP. $US15.95.Ryan, John Sprott ; Mason, SL14-Jul-2009
302003Review of Keith McKenry, 'The Folklore of Terrorism: Songs, Poems and Sketches from a Crazy World': Canberra: Fanged Wombat Productions, 2003. Pp. viii+44. Soft covers. ISBN 1876680059. Cost, posted $20-00.Ryan, John Sprott 15-Jul-2009
312003Review of Gwenda Beed Davey and Graham Seal, 'A Guide to Australian Folklore: From Ned Kelly to Aeroplane Jelly': Roseville, N.S.W. 2069: Simon and Schuster (Australia) Pty Limited., 2003. Pp.ix,310. ISBN (paper) 0731810759. $A29.95Ryan, John Sprott 15-Jul-2009
322002Review of 'Re-reading The Excursion: Narrative, Response and the Wordsworthian Dramatic Voice', by Sally Bushnell. Aldershot, Hants. Ashgate, 2002Ryan, John S 30-Aug-2012
332000Review of Alain Boureau, 'The Lords First Night: The Myth of the Droit de Cuissage', trans. Lydia G. Cochrane. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998. Pp.300. ISBN (cloth) 0 226 06742 4; (paper) 0 226 06743 2. R.R.P. US $55.00 (cloth), US$ 19.00 (paper).Ryan, John S 18-Sep-2012
342000Review of Juha Y. Pentikäinen, 'Kalevala Mythology'. Expanded Edition. Translated and edited by Ritva Poom. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press/Folklore Studies in Translation, 1999. Pp.xx, 297, with 41 black and white photographs. ISBN (cloth) 0-253-33661-9. $US 39.95. ISBN (paper) 0-253-21352-5. $US 18.95.Ryan, John S 3-Sep-2012
352000Review of 'Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China'. Edited by Colin Mackerras, with Donald H. McMillen and Andrew Watson. London and New York: Routledge, 1998. Pp.xii, 267, with map. ISBN 0-415-15450-2. R.R.P. £60. or $AU 178.92.Ryan, John S 3-Sep-2012
362000Review of Graham Seal, 'The Lingo: Listening to Australian English'. University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052: University of New South Wales Press, 1998. Paper. Pp.ix, 213. ISBN 0 86840 680 5. R.R.P. $29.95.Ryan, John S 3-Sep-2012
372000Review of Adrian Beard, 'The Language of Politics'. London: Routledge, Inter Text, 1999. Pp.ix, 121. ISBN (Pb) 0 415 20178 0. £9.99.Ogge, T; Ryan, John S 4-Sep-2012
382000Review of Alan Dundes (ed.), 'International Folkloristics: Classic Contributions by the Founders of Folklore'. Lanham, Boulder New York, Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield, Publishers, Inc., 1999. Pp.xiii, 255. ISBN (cloth) 0-8476-9514X; (paper) 0-8476-9515-8.Ryan, John S 3-Sep-2012
392000Review of Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, 'A Place in the Sun: Re-creating the Australian Way of Life'. Sydney: Harper Collins Publishers, 2000. Pp.vii, 389. Paper. ISBN 0 7322 6522 3. R.R.P. $AU 22.95.Ryan, John S 3-Sep-2012
401999Linderman's legacy of the last pre-contact: Indian life in the WestRyan, John Sprott 5-Aug-2009
411999Review of Dennis Brailsford, 'A Taste for Diversions: Sport in Georgian England'. Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press, 1999. Pp 255. with 20 illustrations. ISBN (paper) 0 71882981 6. £15.Ryan, John S 12-Dec-2012
421998Review of Kathleen Letters, 'History Will Out. F.J.H Letters at the New England University College': Lenore Hardy, Scullin, ACT, 1997, pp. [6], x, 261, with 26 photographs. Soft covers. $19.95 ISBN 0 646 34532 X.Ryan, John S 28-Mar-2013
431998Review of Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome, ed., 'Monster Theory: Reading Culture', Minneapolis and London, University of Minnesota Press, 1996: ; paper; pp. xiii, 315; R.R.P. US$21.95, US$54.95 (cloth).Ryan, John S 4-Nov-2015
441998Review of 'English Writers of the Late Middle Ages' (Authors of the Middle Ages, Vol. III, 7-11), ed. M. C. Seymour: No 7, N. F. Blake, 'William Caxton'; No.8, Wendy Sease, 'Reginald Pecock'; No.9, Douglas Gray, 'William Dunbar'; No. 10, Douglas Gray, 'Robert Henryson'; No. II, M. C. Seymour, 'John Capgrave', Aldershot, Variorum, 1996; board; pp. 256; R.R.P. £39.50.Ryan, John S 4-Nov-2015
451997Review of 'The Language of Middle English Literature', by David Burnley and Matsuji Tajima. Woodridge, Suffolk, and Rochester, New York: D. S. Brewer, 1994, viii + 280. Hardback. ISBN 0 85991 405 4. (£39.50; US $71.00 cloth)Ryan, John S 5-Nov-2015
461997Review of Blank, Paula, 'Broken English: Dialects and the Politics of Language in Renaissance Writings' (The Politics of Language), London and New York, Routledge, 1996: cloth; pp. viii, 211; RRP. £50.00, US $69.95.Ryan, John S 4-Nov-2015
471997Review of Wood, A., 'The Politics of Social Conflict: The Peak Country 1520-1770', Cambridge, Cambridge Studies in Early Modem British History, Cambridge University Press, 1999, xvi, 354pp., 3 figures, 12 tables, 14 maps, (hardback), £45.00.Ryan, John S 18-Sep-2012
481997Review of Tonkin, E., 'Narrating our Pasts: The Social Construction of Oral History', Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995. xiv, 171pp., 3 maps, 9 plates, £12.95.Ryan, John S 18-Sep-2012
491997Review of Jupp, P. C. and G. Howarth, eds, 'The Changing Face of Death: Historical Accounts of Death and Disposal', Basingstoke and London, Macmillan, 1997, xiv, 202pp., £42.50.Ryan, John S 18-Sep-2012
501997Review of Brailsford, D., 'A Taste for Diversions: Sport in Georgian England', Cambridge, The Lutterworth Press, 1999, 255pp., 20 plates, £15.00.Ryan, John S 17-Oct-2012

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John S Ryan
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Ryan, John S
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John Sprott Ryan
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