“the civility of my knee, my hat and hand”: Thomas Browne’s “Religio Medici”
Thomas Browne, the seventeenth-century doctor and speculative thinker, is one of the authors I’ve only begun to read in the …
Tag Archives: early modern
Paint, Time and Paradox: A Stroll Round the Ashmolean
A few weeks ago we were in Oxford, and had a couple of spare hours so went to the Ashmolean …
Maids, Wives, Widows: An Interview with Sara Read
Earlier in the year I reviewed Dr. Sara Read’s new book Maids, Wives, Widows: Exploring Early Modern Women’s Lives 1540-1740, …
Maids, Wives, Widows: Exploring Early Modern Women’s Lives 1540-1740, by Sara Read
In August 1643, 5,000 women protested outside Parliament, wearing white ribbons to demand peace in the ongoing civil conflicts. During …
John Lyly and early modern authorship, by Andy Kesson
“It is difficult to overstate Lyly’s impact on early modern culture, but this book will do its very best” (3). …
The Elizabethan Top Ten: Defining Print Popularity in Early Modern England, ed. Andy Kesson and Emma Smith
The Elizabethan Top Ten: Defining Print Popularity in Early Modern England is an extraordinary and exhilarating collection of essays edited …
Something rotten in the state of SAMCRO: Hamlet and Sons of Anarchy
I’m currently teaching on a course called “Screen Shakespeares”, and many of the most intriguing discussions take place around works …
Another Boleyn Girl: Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton, at Shakespeare’s Globe
Anne Boleyn’s had a lively time of it since her death. At the time of her execution she was rumoured …
The Playmate’s Tragedy: Anna Nicole by Mark-Anthony Turnage
I found my allotted space near the top of the Royal Opera House and began the ancient English ritual of …
Awkward Shakespeare: Michael Sheen as Hamlet at the Young Vic
“That was creepy,” said my sister, “I’ve been round actual deserted asylums, and that was creepy by comparison.” To enter …
