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, April 2009 |
Why, Who Am I, My Mungrel! Who Am I?After graduating from the University of York, with a 2:1 (hons) degree in Politics and English Literature I spent several years teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) in England, Italy, Germany and Japan.
I returned to Japan in 1999 where I work as a freelance English language instructor, language consultant and Internet marketing services provider. As far as the English Renaissance is concerned, my particular focus has been on the interaction between character and political strategy, or virtue and power, and the influence of Machiavellian thought. So far I have written three papers which discuss that theme in relation to certain aspects of Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and The Taming of the Shrew. Prior to their publication on this site, the Shakespeare papers were published in consecutive editions of Studies in English Language and Literature, published by Hiroshima Jogakuin University, Japan. In 2009, I gave an introductory talk on the reception of Machiavelli's thought in Tudor England to a Hiroshima based study group called Sekai O Miru Kai. I am currently writing a paper about the political implications of fratricide in Hamlet as viewed from a Machiavellian perspective and what that reveals about Shakespeares tragic vision. David Hurley February 2010 |
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