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On 31st March, at 1pm Centre for Early Modern Studies will host Dr Clare Egan (Lancaster), via MS Teams. Please register for the meeting here.
The CEMS Research Seminar welcome Dr Clare Egan (Lancaster) for the final research seminar of the term. All Welcome.
Dr Clare Egan (Lancaster) ‘Upon that text dilate I coulde, durst I with betters to be boulde’: Performing Libel in Early Modern England
Abstract: This paper focuses on libel disputes that took place in the south-west counties of England and which were tried at the court of Star Chamber during the early seventeenth century. These are libels between private individuals, rather than cases of political significance. The paper will argue that approaching such libels as forms of communal performance or performative behaviour can lead to a fuller understanding of how they operated in provincial settings. Examining cases involving texts read aloud to assembled audiences, visual symbols posted up in significant spaces, and mock-ceremonial forms, the paper will consider the life of libellous content beyond the text.
Bio: Clare Egan is a lecturer in medieval and early modern literature at Lancaster University, researching the role of performance in communal conflicts of the early modern period.
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- Speaker
- Dr Clare Egan (Lancaster)