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David McInnis

@dnmcinnis.bsky.social

Professor of Shakespeare & Early Modern Drama (Melbourne) | Editor, Shakespeare Quarterly (with Vanessa I. Corredera & Arthur L. Little, Jr) | Lost plays | Editing Behn, Shakespeare, & Marlowe.

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Rachel Willie@racheljwillie.bsky.social · 2w ago

By popular demand (OK, a handful of “eeek, I missed the deadline. Can I still submit” emails), we’ve decided to extend the deadline until 16th October. Who knew a CfP deadline coinciding with teaching ramping up would cause such havoc?! #Skystorians

Marissa Nicosia@nicosiamarissa.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Stuart Drama Conference! Liverpool, 2027 CFP due in October stuartdrama.com/cfp/stuart-d... I've been dreaming and scheming about this conference with @racheljwillie.bsky.social @cazzert.bsky.social @bkadams.bsky.social for nearly a year now.

David McInnis@dnmcinnis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sad to learn that Wal Kirsop has passed away; few could claim to have done more for the history of the book in Australia. Visiting him at home in ‘The Wolery’ and seeing his astonishing collection of rare books was quite the experience… A kind and generous scholar. Vale.

Tobias Wilson-Bates@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 3mo ago

To help relieve work stress, don't answer emails on the weekend. Also on weekdays after 5 PM turn off your email. On Mondays, don't log into your email until after noon. Before logging in on Tuesday burn your computer and erase your identity. By Wednesday morning gather supplies and escape into the

David McInnis@dnmcinnis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Blessing that it is to work on lost plays from Shakespeare’s England, I have absolutely no desire for the present to replicate such catastrophic levels of archival failure for future generations. This is deeply concerning👇🏽

Josh Shepperd@joshshepperd.bsky.social · 4mo ago

AI has started blocking the Wayback Machine from chronicling the web. Considering that nearly 40% of websites disappear after 10 years, this will enforce a giant loss in collective memory.

Caitlín Rankin-McCabe@rankinmccabe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

If you're interested in #ChristopherMarlowe, you might like to read my new note on Marlowe as an auditor of the ParkerLibrary's collections in Cambridge. Thanks to Tuija @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social for all your help! 🗺️📚🌎 @marlowemightyln.bsky.social @marlowestudies.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/note...

MARLOWE’S OTHER MAPS: TWO NEW SOURCES FOR TAMBURLAINE

Abraham Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570) has often attracted attention as the map Christopher Marlowe drew on in the Tamburlaine plays. In 1924, E

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David McInnis@dnmcinnis.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Excitement! Another of my PhD students, Rose Albiston, has also just had her first article published, also in the @bsashakespeare.bsky.social journal, *Shakespeare*!! 🥳 ‘Though she be but little, she is fierce’: Popular Feminism and A Midsummer Night’s Dream www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Though she be but little, she is fierce’: Popular Feminism and A Midsummer Night’s Dream

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Helena says of Hermia: ‘Though she be but little, she is fierce’ (3.2.325). This quote, taken out of the play’s context of sexual rivalry, has found immense popularity...

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David McInnis@dnmcinnis.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Can't tell you how thrilled I am to see my PhD student Mary Bellman's first article published! 🥳 'The Demetrius Dilemma: The Implications of Induced Love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream' in the British Shakespeare Association's journal, *Shakespeare*: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Demetrius Dilemma: The Implications of Induced Love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the use of the love-in-idleness enchantment is not confined to producing Titania’s comic union with Bottom but is also applied to Lysander and is the source of Demetri...

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