English Literary Renaissance

A typewriter in a closet at the Kinney Renaissance Center kept asking me for a twitter account, so we are getting things started here.

'Few', says Thomas Traherne, 'believe the soul to be infinite' yet infinity 'is the first thing naturally known'. If 'a man' is 'born deaf & blind', he 'apprehends infinite space, infinite darkness' & 'thinks not of wall & limits till he feels them & is stopped by them.'

An invaluable resource co-created by Prof. @ZacharyLesser of @PennEnglish for scholars of English Renaissance theater gets a revamp thanks to support from @PennPriceLab. Take a look at DEEP 2.0. bit.ly/3YNVJ7E

Find out more about the VOICES project and how we are using digital and #AI technologies to uncover the hidden stories of women in #earlymodern Ireland by watching our Intro video here: vimeo.com/949867790/2449…

“What is the city but the people?” The Arden Shakespeare is a project of endeavour & collaboration, only made possible by the scholars who give their time & expertise to it ✍️ We want to hear your shout-outs to the Arden Shakespeare editors & authors who've inspired you!

I learned so much from the brilliant organizers of and participants in this event. There is so much exciting work happening in early modern editing right now, and I left with a lot to think about and a tremendous amount of hope about editorial futures!

🚨🥳 Publication Day!📚🥳🚨 Absolutely thrilled to be the Guest Editor for this #ShakeRacePedagogy special edition of the @BSAShakespeare 'Teaching Shakespeare' magazine. Free to download: britishshakespeare.ws/education/teac…

@HistLibForum Lambeth Palace Library has an extensive collection of books on magic and witchcraft including the only surviving copy of this 1589 pamphlet, ‘The apprehension and confession of three notorious witches’ [ZZ]1597.15.03 #HistLibChallenge #SpookySpecialCollections

Excellent essay by @lauerobert (Lauren Robertson, in the real world) in our just-published special issue: "Expanding the Canon for Early Modern Race Studies."

The women workers in the playhouses of Shakespeare's time: who were they & what did they do? Come join Prof. Lucy Munroe to find out. Wed. 9th October 5.00 p.m. Free to register. @shakespearebt @ShakesInstitute @BSAShakespeare @The_Globe @KingsCollegeLon shakespeare.org.uk/visit/whats-on…

It's Autumn! With this in mind, ELR has published its autumn issue, which is a special one. The topic: "Expanding the Canon for Early Modern Race Studies." Expand the screenshot below for the full TOC, and read!journals.uchicago.edu/toc/elr/2024/5…

Glad to see the interest in our "Expanding the Canon for Early Modern Race Studies" special issue. Please do have a read. And make sure your library subscribes to the @ChicagoJournals portal. We are supported by your subscriptions. journals.uchicago.edu/toc/elr/current

Adding to my reading list...

This issue wouldn't have happened at all without younger scholars working in exciting ways at the margins of the early modern canon. ELR continues to encourage submissions on race-thinking and related topics across our period. A link, again: journals.uchicago.edu/toc/elr/2024/5…

This issue brings together work by @lauerobert, @RoyaBiggie, Willnide Lindor, @MaddieWolfert, Alex Solomon, and opens with a preface by @DennisBritton3. Notably absent topic of conversation: William Shakespeare.

I'm word-oriented, obscurity-loving human. I found a home for myself in early modern studies, where those core traits can be oriented towards ethical, pleasurable communal work. My new book rethinks 'stupidity' and 'pedantry' and 'nonsense' to share that orientation.

My article on Henry Neville and racial biopolitics is now out on ELR! Thank you so much to everyone who read early drafts and a big thank you to my editors at @_ELRJournal and to Jane Hwang Degenhardt journals.uchicago.edu/toc/elr/current

Issue 54.2 is, in other words, an excellent example of what makes @_ELRJournal an expansive, eclectic, and inclusive forum for new research. We hope you'll read, and learn, and continue to think of us as a possible home for your work. Keep an eye out for Issue 54.3!

And finally in issue 54.2, Katherine Calloway on an unexplored facet of John Donne's reception in the later 17th Century: "Sackbut of Israel: John Donne and English Nonconformity, 1650-1700."