English-Renaissance.net
    Home          Fun          Essays          Reviews          Books          Links          Contact          Blog     

Welcome!

Thank you for visiting. This site is dedicated to publishing essays, reviews and resources on the writers of the English Renaissance, with particular reference to the works of Shakespeare and Bacon.

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 Books

Browse 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."


David Hurley, editor of English-Renaissance.net After graduating from the University of York, with a degree in Politics and English Literature I spent several years teaching English in England, Italy, Germany and Japan.

In 1997 I returned to York to study a masters degree in English Renaissance literature, concentrating on the works of Francis Bacon & how they were influenced by Machiavelli, the role of Renaissance magic and theories of the imagination.

I moved back to Japan in 1999 and am currently working as a freelance English teacher and language consultant. The work is neither taxing nor arduous so I have been able to continue to develop my interest in the English Renaissance.

My particular focus has been on the interaction between character and political strategy, or virtue and power, and the influence of Machiavellian thought on that interface. 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.

Currently, I am preparing a paper on A Midsummer Night's Dream. I aim to produce one major paper per year, as well as some book reviews and shorter commentary for the weblog attached to this site.

So far there are six fully annotated papers with bibliographies and translations of Latin and Italian quotations available for purchase as a single package. For a one-time token payment of just $5 you will get life-time access to the complete database. Every time I produce a new paper I will add it to the database.

David Hurley
October 2007


Be Not Denied Access

For just $5 p/a you get full access to every single essay on this site, and also to every new essay as it is added.

Every essay comes with fully sourced notes and a complete bibliography as well as translations of any foreign or Latin quotations.

Subscribe today, and happy be thy speed!



Join Our Mailing List

Shakespeare Survey #1






Copyright © 2007 David Hurley - All Rights Reserved

URL: http://english-renaissance.net/davidhurley.html
Last modified: 20th November 2007