‘I, Me, Myself’: Selfhood and Melancholy in the Journals of Gertrude Savile (1697–1758)
Abstract This article examines the journals of Gertrude Savile from 1727 in light of recent scholarship on early modern and eighteenth‐century melancholy. The concept had myriad associations with medicine, physiology, the imagination, and feeling, but questions remain about how melancholy during this period was considered by those outside the narrow ...
Daniel Beaumont
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Visual Perception as Patterning: Cavendish against Hobbes on Sensation [PDF]
Many of Margaret Cavendish’s criticisms of Thomas Hobbes in the Philosophical Letters (1664) relate to the disorder and damage that she holds would result if Hobbesian pressure were the cause of visual perception. In this paper, I argue that her “two men”
Adams, Marcus P.
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Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks
Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
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Catching ‘the Genius of the Age’ : Margaret Cavendish, Historian and Witness
Although Margaret Cavendish is probably better known today for her texts on natural philosophy and her plays, she was first made famous by the biography of her husband, published in London in 1667.
Sandrine Parageau
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Tracking and Controlling Monolayer Water in Gold Nanogaps using Extreme Plasmonic Spectroscopy
Using monolayer gold nanoparticle aggregates with precisely defined sub‐nanometer gaps, surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) enables the study of water in confined spaces. Even dry facets show monolayer water coatings, and reorientation, hydrogen bonding, and isotopic effects can be studied in detail, revealing molecular interactions critical to ...
Elle W. Wyatt +7 more
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Lucy Hutchinson and Margaret Cavendish: Civil War and Enemy Commiseration
Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681) and Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673), prolific writers from the seventeenth century, came of age in one of the most difficult times in British history. Blair Worden, an eminent historian, writes, “The political
Yousef Deikna
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Materialism and the Activity of Matter in Seventeenth‐Century European Philosophy [PDF]
Early modern debates about the nature of matter interacted with debates about whether matter could think. In particular, some philosophers (e.g., Cudworth and Leibniz) objected to materialism about the human mind on the grounds that matter is passive ...
Duncan, Stewart
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The Literary Court: Reading Queen Charlotte
Abstract This article investigates the literary culture revolving around Queen Charlotte (1744–1818) between 1761 and 1818. The Queen's library, sold after her death in 1818, contained more than 4500 volumes, and the sales catalogue (1819) offers a fascinating glimpse into her collecting habits and reading interests. This article uses the catalogue, as
Mascha Hansen
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Reconstructing Mary Hamilton's Social Networks
Abstract Mary Hamilton's relationships and networking practices are central to this special issue. In this article, we present an innovative method for reconstructing social networks around Hamilton during five key periods of her life, connecting not just correspondents but also persons frequently mentioned in The Mary Hamilton Papers.
David Denison, Tino Oudesluijs
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A note on threshold velocity criteria for modelling the solid particle erosion of WC/Co MMCs [PDF]
The threshold velocity for erosion of a ductile material is considered as the velocity required for initiation of plastic deformation in the substrate.
Jana, B.D., Stack, M.M.
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