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Performing Libel in the Provinces

Community Conflict in Early Modern England

by Clare Egan ...

Performing Libel in the Provinces provides the first book-length study of the dramatic traditions and literary features of private libel occurring in the provinces of Jacobean England. The early modern phenomenon of private libel saw communal scandals creatively couched in verses, symbols, or mock-ceremonies and read, sung, posted, and published in prominent local places and spaces across the ... Read more

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Performing Libel in the Provinces provides the first book-length study of the dramatic traditions and literary features of private libel occurring in the provinces of Jacobean England. The early modern phenomenon of private libel saw communal scandals creatively couched in verses, symbols, or mock-ceremonies and read, sung, posted, and published in prominent local places and spaces across the
... Read more
Evaluating Ethical Frameworks for the Assessment of Human Cognitive Enhancement Applications

by Ellen-Marie Forsberg, Clare Shelley-Egan, Erik Thorstensen, Laurens Landeweerd, Bjorn Hofmann ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This book offers the policy-maker or decision-maker key insights and practical information regarding the features of ethics frameworks best suited to the ethical assessment of human cognitive enhancement (HCE) applications, such as pharmaceutical cognitive enhancers and noninvasive brain stimulation techniques. This book takes as its departure point the entrenched philosophical debate between ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book offers the policy-maker or decision-maker key insights and practical information regarding the features of ethics frameworks best suited to the ethical assessment of human cognitive enhancement (HCE) applications, such as pharmaceutical cognitive enhancers and noninvasive brain stimulation techniques. This book takes as its departure point the entrenched philosophical debate between
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Governance and Sustainability of Responsible Research and Innovation Processes

Cases and Experiences

by Fernando Ferri, Ned Dwyer, Ned Dwyer, Saša Raicevich, Patrizia Grifoni, Patrizia Grifoni, Husne Altiok, Husne Altiok, Hans Thor Andersen, Hans Thor Andersen, Yiannis Laouris0, Yiannis Laouris1, Cecilia Silvestri2, Cecilia Silvestri3, Ellen-Marie Forsberg4, Clare Shelley-Egan5, Miltos Ladikas6, Richard Owen7, Yuko Fujigaki8, Erik Thorstensen9, Fulvio Ananasso0, Sergio Farruggia1, Renzo Provedel2, Monica Sebillod3, Antonia Bierwirth4, Raúl Tabarés Gutiérrez5, Steven Flipse6, Emad Yaghmaei7, Chiara Magoni8, Ausilia Campanaro9, Andrea Galimberti0, Chiara Pesciaroli1, Stefano Bertacchi2, Paola Branduardi3, Massimo Labra4, Noemi Biancone5, Chiara Bicchielli6, Maria Chiara Caschera7, Alessia D’Andrea8, Arianna D’Ulizia9, Tiziana Guzzo0, Tiago Garcia1, Iwona Gin2, Xenia Schneider3, Elena Giusta4, Sasa Raicevich5, Francesca Ronchi6, Marco Picone7, Chiara Bolognini8, Margot Bezzi9, Chiara Buongiovanni0, Emanuela Danè1, Mara Gualandi2, Nagore Ibarra Gonzalez3, Mato Knez4, Manuel Cira5, Eoin Nicholson6, Mihaela Mirea Candea7, Angelica Paiu8, Anca Gheorghe9, Jesper Rohr Hansen0, Elena Aristodemou1, Dilek Ediger2, Helin Haga3, Mathis Bogens4, Job Timmermans5, Vincent Blok6, Amira Bu Khallouf7, Edurne A. Inigo8, Shilpa Mishra9, Rajbeer Singh0 ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This book provides methods and practical cases and experiences with the aim of stimulating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) through the direct engagement of researchers, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), citizens, industry stakeholders, policy and decision makers, research funders and communicators. The book furthermore aims to advance debate on Responsible Research and Innovation and ... Read more

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This book provides methods and practical cases and experiences with the aim of stimulating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) through the direct engagement of researchers, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), citizens, industry stakeholders, policy and decision makers, research funders and communicators. The book furthermore aims to advance debate on Responsible Research and Innovation and
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Law as Literature, Literature as Law c. 1200–1700

Edited by Clare Egan, Sarah B. White ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge
In Measure for Measure, Shakespeare’s severe justice Angelo urges the problems that might arise from a static conception of the law: ‘We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting it up to fear the birds of prey and let it keep one shape till custom make it their perch and not their terror’ (2.1.1–4). Despite Angelo’s temporary authority and corrupt nature, the play illustrates literature’s ... Read more

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In Measure for Measure, Shakespeare’s severe justice Angelo urges the problems that might arise from a static conception of the law: ‘We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting it up to fear the birds of prey and let it keep one shape till custom make it their perch and not their terror’ (2.1.1–4). Despite Angelo’s temporary authority and corrupt nature, the play illustrates literature’s
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The Lodger Shakespeare

His Life on Silver Street

by Charles Nicholl ...

In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster-and it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken words were recorded. In The Lodger Shakespeare, Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating but little-known episode in the Bard's life. Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of sources, Nicholl creates a compellingly detailed account ... Read more

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In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster-and it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken words were recorded. In The Lodger Shakespeare, Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating but little-known episode in the Bard's life. Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of sources, Nicholl creates a compellingly detailed account
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The Shakespeare Circle

An Alternative Biography

Edited by Paul Edmondson, Stanley Wells ...

This original and enlightening book casts fresh light on Shakespeare by examining the lives of his relatives, friends, fellow-actors, collaborators and patrons both in their own right and in relation to his life. Well-known figures such as Richard Burbage, Ben Jonson and Thomas Middleton are freshly considered; little-known but relevant lives are brought to the fore, and revisionist views are ... Read more

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This original and enlightening book casts fresh light on Shakespeare by examining the lives of his relatives, friends, fellow-actors, collaborators and patrons both in their own right and in relation to his life. Well-known figures such as Richard Burbage, Ben Jonson and Thomas Middleton are freshly considered; little-known but relevant lives are brought to the fore, and revisionist views are
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The First Part of King Henry IV

by William Shakespeare, Katharine Craik ...

Series series The New Cambridge Shakespeare
The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second edition of The First Part of King Henry IV offers a theatrical perspective on ... Read more

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The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second edition of The First Part of King Henry IV offers a theatrical perspective on
... Read more
The Life of William Shakespeare

A Critical Biography

by Lois Potter ...

Series Book 14 - Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies
The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing.Written by an eminent Shakespearean scholar and experienced theatre reviewerPays particular ... Read more

$31.00 USD

The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing.Written by an eminent Shakespearean scholar and experienced theatre reviewerPays particular
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The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn

Edited by Derek Hughes, Janet Todd ...

Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of the Restoration. She provided more plays for the stage than any other author and greatly influenced the development of the novel with her ground-breaking fiction, especially Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister and Oroonoko, the first English novel set in ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of the Restoration. She provided more plays for the stage than any other author and greatly influenced the development of the novel with her ground-breaking fiction, especially Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister and Oroonoko, the first English novel set in
... Read more
Shakespeare and the Book Trade

by Lukas Erne ...

Shakespeare and the Book Trade follows on from Lukas Erne's groundbreaking Shakespeare as Literary Dramatist to examine the publication, constitution, dissemination and reception of Shakespeare's printed plays and poems in his own time and to argue that their popularity in the book trade has been greatly underestimated. Erne uses evidence from Shakespeare's publishers and the printed works to show ... Read more

$38.99 USD

Shakespeare and the Book Trade follows on from Lukas Erne's groundbreaking Shakespeare as Literary Dramatist to examine the publication, constitution, dissemination and reception of Shakespeare's printed plays and poems in his own time and to argue that their popularity in the book trade has been greatly underestimated. Erne uses evidence from Shakespeare's publishers and the printed works to show
... Read more
The Oxford Handbook of Tudor Literature

1485-1603

Edited by Mike Pincombe, Cathy Shrank ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
This is the first major collection of essays to look at the literature of the entire Tudor period, from the reign of Henry VII to death of Elizabeth I. It pays particularly attention to the years before 1580. Those decades saw, amongst other things, the establishment of print culture and growth of a reading public; the various phases of the English Reformation and process of political ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This is the first major collection of essays to look at the literature of the entire Tudor period, from the reign of Henry VII to death of Elizabeth I. It pays particularly attention to the years before 1580. Those decades saw, amongst other things, the establishment of print culture and growth of a reading public; the various phases of the English Reformation and process of political
... Read more
The Oxford Handbook of English Law and Literature, 1500-1700

Edited by Lorna Hutson ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
This Handbook triangulates the disciplines of history, legal history, and literature to produce a new, interdisciplinary framework for the study of early modern England. Scholars of early modern English literature and history have increasingly found that an understanding of how people in the past thought about and used the law is key to understanding early modern familial and social relations as ... Read more

$42.99 USD

This Handbook triangulates the disciplines of history, legal history, and literature to produce a new, interdisciplinary framework for the study of early modern England. Scholars of early modern English literature and history have increasingly found that an understanding of how people in the past thought about and used the law is key to understanding early modern familial and social relations as
... Read more

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