Papers

  1. Describing Machiavel: Machiavelli as He Is in the Works of Francis Bacon, by D. P. Hurley, University of York, U. K., 1998.

    Bacon was influenced by Machiavelli but attempted to “sever” the good and useful from the “corrupt” aspects of his writings.

  2. Magi Imaginationis: Imagining Alchemists and Magicians in New Atlantis, The Tempest, and The Alchemist, by D. P. Hurley, University of York, 1998.

    Magi Imaginationis looks at the role of magic and alchemy in The Tempest (Shakespeare), The Alchemist (Jonson) and New Atlantis (Bacon).

  3. Janus of Imagination: Francis Bacon’s Theory of Imagination and the Wisdom of the Ancients, by D. P. Hurley

    This M. A. thesis looks at Bacon’s theory of imagination in the light of his discussion of Greek mythology and the nature of the “wisdom” that the Greek myths contained.

  4. Precipitous Romeo and Peremptory Petruchio: Two Young Gentlemen of Verona Compared, by D. P. Hurley, Hiroshima Jogakuin University, Japan, 2007.

    Romeo and Petruchio, two young gentlemen of Verona, live, and move, and have their being in a similar social and historical setting; both are dynamic characters engaged with “fortune” in the pursuit of “love”, but the results are very different…

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