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5 Dimensions of Affect in Bergson’s Philosophy
Read more: 5 Dimensions of Affect in Bergson’s PhilosophyHenri Bergson's philosophy reveals time as a continuous and interconnected melody.
A famous old shepherd looks for remedies
Explore James Hogg’s writings on Scottish rural life, tracing the loss of communal culture and the social tensions of modern sheep-farming.
5 Things You Didn’t Know about Milton and Disability
Five things you might not know about Milton and disability, from writing Paradise Lost while blind to disability pride and care networks
Envy and the Politics of Reading
How did early modern writers link envy in print culture to politics and community?
James Boswell and the ‘Whisperers’
by John Eglin James Boswell, like a number of wealthy and well-connected British travelers in Italy, could expect to move in elevated social circles as he went from city to city. In common with many of his fellow tourists, he…
Shakespeare Comics: Q&A with the author
A Q&A on the making of Shakespeare Comics - exploring how graphic novels and manga adapt Shakespeare's plays and what they reveal about art, time, and culture.
Q&A with the author of Contesting Cosmopolitan Moments in the Long Eighteenth Century
Enit K Steiner, the author of Contesting Cosmopolitan Moments in the Long Eighteenth Century, discusses the making of her book in this blog.
Shakespeare’s Instability
by Jeffrey Knapp The first speaker in one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays is not a prince, like Hamlet, or a lover, like Juliet, or a warrior, like Macbeth. He’s a drunken beggar. And he’s incensed that the hostess of the tavern…
The Ecology of Dress in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: Q&A
by Sophie Chiari and Anne-Marie Miller-Blaise In the following quiz, each answer is related to a particular chapter of The Ecology of Dress in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries. We hope, as a result, that this fun test will enable you…
Shakespeare Teachers Strike Back: Three strategies for engaging in politically responsive pedagogy in the age of (another) DEI backlash
by Marissa Greenberg and Elizabeth Williamson Perhaps the greatest challenge facing US institutions of higher education is the tension between an increasingly diverse student body and an inherently (and inherited) homogenous curriculum. “Meeting today’s students where they are” is a…