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Occasion and audience as poetic constructs in early modern occasional poetry
Orbis 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
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What's Wrong With Self‐Censorship?
Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent years, discourse on freedom of speech has shifted away from exclusive focus on the state and towards societal threats to speech. Amidst this change, the notion of “self‐censorship” has gained increased prominence. Not only has self‐censorship emerged as a common reference point, several recent studies identify it as embodying a ...
Gideon Elford
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, 1959 maid nIn Newfoundland it is only where the people have been intermixed with persons from other quarters that [girl] has been used, and in more remote places it is perhaps not used yet, the word "maid," pronounced may-id, being almost universally ...
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The Power of Renewal: Status Quo Bias Impacts Voter Approval of School Spending Referendums
Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.Abstract Status quo bias often impacts decisions about private goods and is hypothesized to influence voter choice. This paper offers a clean, direct, real‐world test of status quo bias's effect on voter support for school spending. We take advantage of a unique Minnesota rule that requires ballot language to disclose and distinguish between new and ...
Corey Lang, Rachel Ricchio
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Harnessing Natural Diversity and Rational Design for Enhanced Plant Immunity
Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Plant pathogens cause crop loss. Genetic resistance, through natural genetic diversity or engineered resistance, can be highly effective in protecting plants from infection. Genetic resistance from wild relatives of crops has been successfully introduced into crops to control pathogen infection.
Nathan Diplock, Jennifer D. Lewis
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“I Paid A Bribe”—Lessons and Insights From Crowdsourced Corruption Reporting in India
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Preventing and reducing corruption has proven to be an enormous challenge. An important step in this process is to produce and use good metrics to identify where anti‐corruption resources would be most beneficial. Most measures of corruption, however, rely on surveys of perceptions or bribery incidence.
Ina Kubbe +2 more
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When I was a girl of eighteen years oldI was scornful as scornful could beI was taught to expect wit wisdom and goldAnd nothing less would do for me Ah those were the days when my eyes beam\u27d brightAnd my cheek was like the rose on the treeAnd the ...
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Renaissance 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
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Human–Animal Comparisons: Supporting and Criticizing Female Subjugation in Renaissance Italy
Renaissance 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
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Studies in Family Planning, EarlyView.Abstract Women living with HIV(WLHIV) have diverse and complex reproductive health needs that require patient‐centered, informed decision‐making. Digital tools to support reproductive life planning may improve reproductive health counseling and outcomes for these women.
Agnes Karingo Karume +8 more
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