My academic interest is the English Renaissance, with particular reference to Francis Bacon, Shakespeare and what can be revealed in the works of the latter when viewed from a Machiavellian perspective…
Essays on my blog
- Describing Machiavel : Machiavelli as He Is in the Works of Francis Bacon
- Magi Imaginationis : Imagining Alchemists and Magicians in New Atlantis, The Tempest, and The Alchemist
- A Moved Prince : The Judgement of Prince Escalus in Romeo and Juliet
- A Lecture On Shakespeare & Machiavelli : Finding Machiavelli & His Ideas in the Plays of Shakespeare
- The Politics of “Occasion” in King Lear : Machiavellian Practice Versus Lipsian Constancy
- Fratricide in Hamlet : A Machiavellian Perspective
- Two Parts of a Single Motive : Identification and Recognition in the Tragedy of Othello
- Three Problematic Heroines : Machiavellian Prudence & Integrity in Shakespeare’s Problem Plays
- The Tempest & The Masque : Prospero’s Insubstantial Pageant
- Telling Timely Tales : Paulina’s Politic Deception in The Winter’s Tale