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From Philosopher's Stone to Phosphorus: Robert Boyle's Illuminating Experiments (2024)
Book Chapter
Swann, E. (2024). From Philosopher's Stone to Phosphorus: Robert Boyle's Illuminating Experiments. In S. Mukherji, & E. L. Swann (Eds.), The Poesy of Scientia in Early Modern England (81-107). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51800-3_4

This essay explores Robert Boyle’s efforts to create, and his experimental interactions with, a range of luminous substances—notably phosphorus, which he associated with the philosopher’s stone. For Boyle, phosphorus was alight with spiritual signifi... Read More about From Philosopher's Stone to Phosphorus: Robert Boyle's Illuminating Experiments.

Shakespeare/Play/Dance (2024)
Book Chapter
Ravelhofer, B. (2024). Shakespeare/Play/Dance. In E. Whipday (Ed.), Shakespeare/Play: Contemporary Readings in Playing, Playmaking and Performance. Bloomsbury

On The Scale Of Art And The Aesthetics Of Difficulty- Rereading 'Lapis Lazuli' As Ecological Critique (2024)
Book Chapter
Sheils, B. (2024). On The Scale Of Art And The Aesthetics Of Difficulty- Rereading 'Lapis Lazuli' As Ecological Critique. In C. I. Armstrong, A. Paterson, & T. Walker (Eds.), The Edinburgh Companion to W.B. Yeats and the Arts. Edinburgh University Press

In mid-1936, while writing ‘Lapis Lazuli’, W. B. Yeats was finalising his controversial selections for The Oxford Book of Modern Verse (1936). He was also pronouncing upon a significant generational trend towards ‘difficult’ poetry. As he suggested i... Read More about On The Scale Of Art And The Aesthetics Of Difficulty- Rereading 'Lapis Lazuli' As Ecological Critique.

‘The Disabled Body as Performance: Disabled Performers in the Records of Early English Drama’ (2024)
Book Chapter
Chambers, M. (2024). ‘The Disabled Body as Performance: Disabled Performers in the Records of Early English Drama’. In M. Twycross, S. Carpenter, E. Dutton, & G. Kipling (Eds.), Medieval English Theatre 45 (102-125). Boydell & Brewer. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.11589157.9

The saints’ healing of an infirmed limb or organ is a recurrent theme in hagiographic literature—particularly from the earlier medieval period. In Ælfric’s account of the life of St. Swithin of Winchester, for instance, he reports that the saint’s sh... Read More about ‘The Disabled Body as Performance: Disabled Performers in the Records of Early English Drama’.

Eco-Deconstruction, or (Post)Humanism of the Other (Nonhuman) (2024)
Book Chapter
Lynes, P. (2024). Eco-Deconstruction, or (Post)Humanism of the Other (Nonhuman). In C. Tan, & İ. Serdar Altaç (Eds.), Eco-Concepts: Critical Reflections in Emerging Ecocritical Theory and Ecological Thought. Lexington Books

Conflicted Copy (2024)
Book
Riviere, S. (2024). Conflicted Copy. Faber & Faber