Author: Nicolas Correard
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King, Christa Knellwolf, Faustus and the Promises of the New Science
Christa Knellwolf King, Faustus and the Promises of New Science, c. 1580-1730: From the Chapbooks to Harlequin Faustus (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008). 216 pp. £55 hb. ISBN 0754661334. (BSLS members receive a discount on all Ashgate titles) It is one of the most widely acknowledged truths in the Faustus criticism that the dangers of unrestrained curiosity…
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Turner, Henry S., Shakespeare’s Double Helix
Henry S. Turner, Shakespeare’s Double Helix (London: Continuum, 2007). 129 pp. £ 45 hb/£12.99 pb. ISBN 978-0826491190 (hb)/978-0826491206 (pb). Coming from a talented scholar in Shakespearean studies, author of an in-depth study on the role of mathematics and craftsmanship in the construction of the Renaissance theatrical practice (The English Renaissance Stage: Geometry, Poetics, and the Practical…