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Jeffrey Masten

@jmasten.bsky.social

History of books, sex/sexuality, & English lit Prof, Northwestern. ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด @pennpress.bsky.social; ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ @cambridgeup.bsky.social Editor: Marlowe's ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ @Ardenpublisher.bsky.social forthcoming 2026. Denison, @upenn.edu alum ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

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A rift that took 500 years to repair: King Charles prays with the pope Joint prayer in Sistine Chapel is symbolic act of rapprochement between Catholic church and Church of England after centuries of division

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†
โ€œWhy should a king be subject to a priest? / Proud Rome, that hatchest such imperial grooms . . . .โ€ (๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜)

23.10.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For those new to #Shakespeare's contemporary Christopher #Marlowe, his #queer Edward, and its significance both for drama and the history of sexuality and performance, a paragraph from the preface and the introduction --

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Edward II Critically, theatrically, and politically, the time is ripe for a new edition of Christopher Marlowe's Edward II. Critically, the play has come to be, in the paโ€ฆ

I'm moving over from the X box. Meanwhile my edition of #Marlowe's Edward II @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
is available for pre-order. With ample critical, performance, & textual intro, annotations, plus 22 illus of C20-21 performance, early texts & readers. www.bloomsbury.com/us/edward-ii...

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