INTRODUZIONE: Metafisica dell’infinitamente piccolo. L’analisi leibniziana. L’infinitesimo e il calcolo. La scomposizione del mutamento

Detlev Clüver (1645-1708) was among the first to criticize Leibniz’s new infinitesimal analysis. Although his criticisms were vague and his methods inconsistent, Leibniz had always for him a friendly sort of consideration. The article presents Clüver’s biography, writings, and thought, together with a detailed description of Leibniz’s relations t…[Read more]

A particular aspect of the confrontation between modern philosophy and the aristotelian tradition regards the so-called psychology of faculties. On this ground, it is for modern thought much harder, in comparison to the field of natural sciences, to differentiate itself from concepts, theories, and terminologies which characterize the still…[Read more]

The paper deals with Leibniz’s manuscript writings on the foundation of infinitesimal calculus since 1702: the mathematician’s late theory, and the preparatory works to his “Cum prodiisset atque increbuisset”, are presented. An edition of Leibniz’s unpublished DEFENSE DU CALCUL DE DIFFERENCES is provided as an Appendix.

Ambrósíus saga og Rósamunda is a post-medieval Icelandic romance which belongs to a group of Scandinavian narratives utilizing the pound of flesh motif. It survives in 19 paper manuscripts from the 18th and 19th centuries, and it has never before been edited. The aim of the present edition is of an introductory nature, primarily to make the sa…[Read more]

Abstract: Sixteenth century Gaelic Ireland is not normally associated with Celtic Studies. The aim of this paper is to show that not only can it be included, but it can also produce many useful insights for Celtic Studies. Using as an illustration a minor skirmish which occurred during the Nine Years War in Ireland, this paper will show how what…[Read more]

This article examines the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) recent focus on digital ‘innovation’ by analysing the relationship between their emerging digital-focused business practices and digital performance practice for The Tempest (2016). To assess this relationship, I first review the socioeconomic context of 21st century neoliberal UK econo…[Read more]

The anonymous “Le Sacrifice d’Abraham” performed before Francis I in Paris in 1539 has traditionally been treated–if at all–simply as a variant of an earlier play of the same name published as part of the 15th-century “Mistère du Viel Testament.” More recently, it has been suggested that the play anticipates the direction taken by Théodore de B…[Read more]

English Renaissance Theatre is generally dated between 1576-1642: circumscribed by the construction of the Theatre in 1576 and the closing of the public playhouses by Act of Parliament in 1642. ‘Found’ London performance locations in taverns, churches, legal and professional buildings, aristocratic houses, not to mention the streets and wat…[Read more]

This chapter examines the impact of a putative oral Homer upon the work of recent performance-makers. The influence of oral-poetic theories is (as yet) an under-explored area of study, neglected by scholars whose literary expertise leads them to focus on dramatic texts and production histories, with each revisionary text or production regarded as…[Read more]

Texto para a edição online da revista Glosas a propósito do motete Heu me Domine para quatro vozes de Vicente Lusitano. Lusitano terá nascido em Olivença (ainda sob o domínio português) tendo desenvolvido a sua carreira musical em Itália e, mais tarde, em Estugarda já convertido ao Protestantismo. Este breve estudo propõe, assim, uma análise d…[Read more]

Théodore de Bèze (1519-1605), French Reformer and Professor at Lausanne and Geneva, wrote his only play, “Abraham sacrifiant,” in 1550. The only readily available English translation, by Arthur Golding, was published in 1577. The translation offered here, based on the text of the original edition reproduced by Donald Stone, Jr. in “Four R…[Read more]

Four lectures, condensed and sanitized, based on those given to undergraduate students embarking for the first time on the serious study of the history of Western theatre. Unembellished by references to student readings or ad hoc example, by elaborations in response to student questions, or by professorial attempts at humour, they make for…[Read more]

El presente trabajo estudia la presencia de comida y bebida en las dos églogas carnavalescas de Juan del Encina (1468-1529), Égloga representada en la noche postrera de Carnal y la de Antruejo o Carnestollendas. El objetivo es establecer una suerte de catálogo provisional de los diversos usos escenográficos de la alimentación, así como su varia…[Read more]

Este trabajo analiza los espacios dramáticos del teatro de Juan del Encina, sus funciones y su potencialidad escénica. La noción de «espacio dramático» deriva de la teoría semiótica, que considera las referencias locativas en el texto dramático como parte del espacio ficticio teatral y examina el modo en el que todas ellas conjugan el espacio…[Read more]

Me propongo en estas páginas realizar un análisis de los elementos teatrales preservados en la Égloga de Cristino y Febea de Juan del Encina. El objetivo de este trabajo es recuperar los elementos teatrales de la Égloga de Cristino y Febea para demostrar que, pese a la casi ausencia de acotaciones explícitas, Juan del Encina sí tiene prese…[Read more]

Partiendo de la dualidad del texto dramático, como texto literario y espectacular, y con la convicción de que para estudiar el género teatral, en especial el quinientista, es necesaria una mirada bajo la óptica de la semiótica, este trabajo focaliza un análisis del Auto del repelón de Juan del Encina desde la perspectiva del carácter plurisí…[Read more]

Topografías literarias: el espacio en la literatura hispánica de la Edad Media al siglo XXI

Desde la convicción de la dualidad del texto dramático, como texto literario y espectacular, y del convencimiento de que para estudiar el género teatral, en concreto el quinientista, es necesaria una mirada bajo la óptica de la semiótica, este trabajo focaliza el análisis del corpus teatral del dramaturgo Juan del Encina a partir la persp…[Read more]

RESUMEN El presente trabajo pretende estudiar la existencia de una configuración tópica del pastor teatral conformado a lo largo de las obras dramáticas de Juan del Encina. Para ello, analizo la vestimenta pastoril más frecuente en el personaje mediante el rastreo de las diversas didascalias icónicas implícitas que recorren los diálogos. Desde…[Read more]