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  • Common Sense: Between Democratic Promise and Political Peril

    Thomas Telios considers common sense as a contested and performative concept shaping democratic discourse and political exclusion.

    March 2, 2026
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Ben Jonson’s Erotic Temporalities

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By Amanda Henrichs I’ve always imagined Ben Jonson as the quintessential cranky old man, constantly complaining about the current state…

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Spatial Film History

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By Christian B. Long My article in the new issue of International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing is part of my…

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A Tale of Two Kens: Drama, documentary and the subversion of the status quo

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By John Hill My interest in writing about the work of the film and television director Ken Russell partly derived…

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Kinds of Insight

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By Kate McLoughlin This article arose from a paper I gave at the conference on the Long Modernist Novel at…

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The Pleasures of Literary Communication

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By Roger D. Sell Literary activity can be studied as one among other kinds of human communication. Such an approach…

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The Lang Road to Scottish History

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By Catriona M.M. Macdonald Historians frequently address reputations in their work, indeed they are central to some of the most…

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A Matter of Life and Death: the Fourth Act in Shakespearean Tragedy

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By Lisa Hopkins Having an associative mind is often a source of shame, but it does occasionally have benefits. Two…

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Nuancing Ken Russell

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By Kevin M. Flanagan Director Ken Russell (1927-2011) tends to evoke extreme reactions. Critics, academics, and fans lavish a few…

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The semantic dimension of Newtonian Power

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By Asher Jiang The concept of physical power in its modern forms has been introduced by Sir Isaac Newton in…

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