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Yearly Archives: 2016

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  • 5 Oct 2016

    Video interview with editor Dan Gunn

    In this interview editor Dan Gunn talks about The Letters of Samuel Beckett series and the future of Beckett scholarship

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  • 4 Oct 2016
    Lewis and Barnes
    Geraint Lewis, Luke Barnes

    Into the Intro: A Fortunate Universe

    An Introduction from Senior Commissioning Editor, Vince Higgs Fine-tuning in physics and cosmology explores the realisation that if the Universe had even slightly different initial properties, then the world, and life as we know it, would probably never have come into being. This new book by Geraint Lewis and Luke Barnes examines how different fine-tuning […]

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  • 3 Oct 2016
    Frank S. Ravitch

    Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom and The 2016 Election

    As we approach the 2016 election most of the attention has focused on the Presidential race. Yet, Congressional and state contests could have a huge impact on the future of religious freedom and sexual freedom. In Freedom’s Edge: Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and the Future of America (2016), I argue that religious freedom, LGBT rights, […]

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  • 3 Oct 2016

    Piece together The Letters of Samuel Beckett

    Take a stab at this jigsaw puzzle to reveal the cover for The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Volume 4. 1966 - 1989

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  • 30 Sep 2016
    Richard W. Kaeuper

    Medieval Chivalry

    Who is not fascinated by knights in shining armor? Their images continue to attract us to dramatic films, to museum exhibits of elaborate armor and weaponry, or to the showmanship of staged jousts at “Renaissance Fairs”. And we easily think that we understand the ideals of chivalry animating the historical ancestors of these figures in […]

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  • 30 Sep 2016

    An interview with Dan Gunn on The Letters of Samuel Beckett (Part 2)

    In the second part of our interview with Dan Gunn, editor of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, we discuss what Beckett would have thought about the project and whether these letters bring us closer to the man himself.

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  • 29 Sep 2016
    Yael S. Aronoff

    Shimon Peres: From Dimona to Oslo

    “Peres has done more for the cause of peace in the Middle East than just about anybody alive” said President Obama in 2012 upon bestowing Shimon Peres the Medal of Freedom. And while the world mourns our loss, it is worthwhile to reflect on the startling trajectory of Peres’s career, and the remarkable traits that […]

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  • 29 Sep 2016

    An interview with Dan Gunn on The Letters of Samuel Beckett (Part 1)

    In the first part of our interview with Dan Gunn, editor of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, we discuss his experiences working on the series, his favourite letters and what we now know about Beckett that we didn't know before.

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