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Occasion and audience as poetic constructs in early modern occasional poetry

open access: yesOrbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Occasional poetry, composed for specific events such as weddings or funerals, was a dominant form of poetry in early modern Europe. Despite its historical prominence, the role of the occasion as a literary and rhetorical construct in occasional poetry has been very little studied.
Eeva‐Liisa Bastman
wiley   +1 more source

Fittingness and Bioethics

open access: yesRatio, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In bioethics, two sorts of normative categories are commonly used. These can be split into two families: the deontic categories, such as ‘right’, ‘ought to’ and ‘requirement’, and the evaluative categories, including ‘good’, ‘bad’, ‘better than’ and ‘the best’. While other normative concepts such as ‘virtue’ and ‘vice’ have also been discussed,
Ronan Ó Maonaile, James Hart
wiley   +1 more source

Broad and narrow, legal and expressive: The dual nature of Rights of Nature in Europe

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Rights of Nature initiatives have been met with considerable scepticism within European legal landscapes. Often termed a ‘legal transplant’, a rights‐based approach to nature is criticised as offering little added value beyond the safeguards provided by traditional environmental law.
Flora Hausammann, Johannes Reich
wiley   +1 more source

Unravelling the complexities: a scoping review of the collateral effects on bereaved relatives during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Palliat Care
Nicolai M   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Orphans of Bishop Richard Fletcher: New Archival Discoveries on the Siblings of Playwright John Fletcher

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents new archival discoveries concerning the siblings of early modern playwright John Fletcher following the sudden death of their father, Richard Fletcher, Bishop of London, in 1596. Navigating the epistemological limits of adversarial legal records from Chancery and the Star Chamber, the study reveals the tumultuous ...
Domenico Lovascio
wiley   +1 more source

Human–Animal Comparisons: Supporting and Criticizing Female Subjugation in Renaissance Italy

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studying gender history through an animal history lens, or vice versa, simultaneously increases our knowledge of ideas about gender and human–animal relations. This approach has particular merit for the Renaissance period, as it witnessed an upsurge in discourse about both the human–animal divide and the distinction between men and women.
Marlisa den Hartog
wiley   +1 more source

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