The issue opens with two linked essays on breath, wind, weather, 'formal atmospherics' and the 'affective ecology' of Shakespeare's history plays, by Piers Brown and Allison Deutermann.

Next, Daniel Knapper's essay: "Biblical Prophecy and Political Counsel in Shakespeare’s Richard II and Shakespeare and Fletcher’s Henry VIII (All Is True)." Are you sensing a theme?

Next, an important contribution by Fred Tromley: the first thoroughly glossed critical edition of Lord Burghley's "Ten Precepts" to his son, Robert Cecil. ELR continues to publish scholarly editions of shorter texts with literary relevance. Send us proposals!

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."

Issue 54.2 is, in other words, an excellent example of what makes English Literary Renaissance 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!

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 English Literary Renaissance and to Jane Hwang Degenhardt journals.uchicago.edu/toc/elr/current

My wife is on fb for the first time in years posting about selling her new novel to Random House, so I really appreciate the support today, guys.

Some good news going into the weekend. Cambridge University Press are offering me on a contract for my book Playgoing Time in Elizabethan London. I will be delighted to finish it some time in the next decade.

I am simply delighted to discover that something like 6,000 people saw me announce the appearance of this book and call myself "word-oriented" with a typo after the first word.

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…

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…

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 Chicago Journals portal. We are supported by your subscriptions. journals.uchicago.edu/toc/elr/current

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 Shakespeare Institute British Shakespeare Association Shakespeare’s Globe King's College London shakespeare.org.uk/visit/whats-on…

I am delighted to announce that the journal special issue of Borrowers & Lenders on #Shakespeare and #Bengal is now out! Warmest thanks to everyone who made this possible. borrowers-ojs-azsu.tdl.org/borrowers/issu…. It has been an amazing journey.

I’m proud to share the exciting news that all undergraduate students from households earning $75,000 or less will be able to attend any UMass campus tuition-free starting next fall: bostonglobe.com/2024/10/29/met… @umassamherst @umassboston @umassd @umasslowell #umass #highered (1/4)

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