Welcome!Refer to the site map to find out where everything is. If you have any queries or suggestions, or if you would like to submit a paper for publication, drop me a line. David Hurley, October 2007 Audio BooksBrowse our complete range of English Renaissance audio books here. Every title can be easily downloaded direct from our site, English-Renaissance.net. Romeo & Juliet Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: Full Cast Production Length: 2 hours 50 minutes (unabridged) Publisher: Select Music & Distribution (Naxos)  Descartes, Bacon and Modern Philosophy Author: Prof. Jeffrey Tlumak Narrator: Lynn Redgrave Length: 3 hours (unabridged) Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc. |
 "Multi pertransibunt et augebitur scientia." What's UpThe first two essays to grace this website are now up and running. Bacon and Machiavelli looks at the way in which Bacon was influence by and adapted the works of Niccolo Machiavelli and how he was careful to distinguish between the useful and the corrupt aspects of his political philosophy. Magi Imaginationis discusses the role of magicians and magi in three key texts of the English Renaissance, Bacon's New Atlantis, Jonson's The Alchemist and Shakespeare's The Tempest.Publication ScheduleJanus of Imagination: Francis Bacon's Theory of the Imagination and the Wisdom of the Ancients. (Masters thesis, University of York 1998.) The paper is currently under preparation for publication on this site in December 2007.A Movéd Prince: The Judgement of Prince Escalus in Romeo and Juliet. (Published: Studies in English Language and Literature, No. 13, March 2005.) Scheduled for publication on this site in January 2008. The Politics of "Occasion" in King Lear. (Published: Studies in English Language and Literature, No. 14, March 2006.) Scheduled for publication on this site in Summer 2008. Precipitous Romeo and Peremptory Petruchio: Two Young Gentlemen of Verona Compared. (Published: Studies in English Language and Literature, No. 15, March 2007.) Scheduled for publication on this site in January 2009. Other StuffFrancis Bacon QuotationsA pithy selection of aphorisms and apophthegms by the Viscount St. Albans, Baron of Verulam. Shakespeare Hangman How fast can you guess the word from Shakespeare without getting hanged? Shakespeare's Sonnets Browse Shakespeare's Sonnets via this easy Google Gadget courtesy of Nathaniel Story. |
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