The subject of this essay is the relation between Milton’s classical patriotism and his English n... more The subject of this essay is the relation between Milton’s classical patriotism and his English nationalism. It has two principal aims. First, it sets out to examine the degree to which the affective or emotional quality of Milton’s patriotism was shaped by the classics, especially Cicero and Virgil. For all the energy that has gone into studying Milton’s classical republicanism, there has been relatively little interest in that political movement’s central concern with patriotism: few, for instance, have shown much interest in David Norbrook’s acknowledgment that “English republicanism emerged in part as a vehicle for English nationalism.” And second, through this focus on the classical aspect of Milton’s patriotism, it argues that far from being neutralized or undercut, Milton’s nascent nationalism was actually enabled and intensified by his internationalism, an internationalism that is most graphically illustrated by his engagement with Italy and its role in recovering the classics.
In this paper, we review some results obtained in our group in the framework of research projects... more In this paper, we review some results obtained in our group in the framework of research projects concerning magnetoelectronic and biomedical applications with advanced magnetic materials. First, we focus on the type of materials used, and then we describe specific magnetoelectronic devices based on spin-dependent tunnelling and magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications. Special attention is drawn to the phenomena occurring at the nanometric scale, which in most cases completely determine the observed macroscopic properties.
Subversion and Wonder in Milton's Epitaph "0 n S ha k esp ea re" T hat texts routinely resist and... more Subversion and Wonder in Milton's Epitaph "0 n S ha k esp ea re" T hat texts routinely resist and subvert both the conventions they appear to follow and the ideals they claim to uphold is now something of a commonplace in the study of English Renaissance literature. Recent criticism, says Stephen Greenblatt, has increasingly come to see Renaissance texts "as fields of force, places of dissension and shifting interests, occasions for the jostling of orthodox and subversive impulses."' These subversive impulses reveal themselves in a number of ways. It may be by the infiltration of slight but potent changes in the construction of familiar forms. For example, Milton's early poems, says David Norbrook, "make their political points not so much by direct comment as by modification of generic expectations": in Comus "a woman lectures a man on how society should be governed'' and "the voice of apocalyptic prophecy threatens to destroy the artistic framework."* Comus, says Maryann McGuire in similar vein, is a "violation of masque convention."3 Subversion also reveals itself in the figurative or artificial quality of a text's language. The social order Shakespeare values so much, says Terry Eagleton, is called into question by his own "flamboyant punning, troping and riddling."4 Similarly, according to Herman Rapaport, the artificiality I , Introduction, "The Forms of Power and the Power of Forms in the Renaissance," Genre 2. David Norbrook, Poetry and Politics in the English Renaissance (London, 1984). pp. 238,258. 3. Maryann Cale McGuire, Milton's Puritan Masque (Athens, Ga., 1983), p. 5. 4. Terry Eagleton, William Shakespeare (Oxford, 1986). p. I. Eagleton's argument is openly and unrepentently anachronistic: "Though conclusive evidence is hard to come by, it is difficult to read Shakespeare without feeling that he was almost certainly familiar with. .. Derrida" (pp. ix-x). I S , Nos. I and 2 (1982). 6. 17.
This bibliography was compiled at the request of the Institute of Arab Manuscripts ostensibly to ... more This bibliography was compiled at the request of the Institute of Arab Manuscripts ostensibly to assist the activities of the Al Albait Foundation in Jordan in their declared aim of creating a union catalogue of all Arabic manuscripts in the world. The compiler, Korkees Awad ...
The subject of this essay is the relation between Milton’s classical patriotism and his English n... more The subject of this essay is the relation between Milton’s classical patriotism and his English nationalism. It has two principal aims. First, it sets out to examine the degree to which the affective or emotional quality of Milton’s patriotism was shaped by the classics, especially Cicero and Virgil. For all the energy that has gone into studying Milton’s classical republicanism, there has been relatively little interest in that political movement’s central concern with patriotism: few, for instance, have shown much interest in David Norbrook’s acknowledgment that “English republicanism emerged in part as a vehicle for English nationalism.” And second, through this focus on the classical aspect of Milton’s patriotism, it argues that far from being neutralized or undercut, Milton’s nascent nationalism was actually enabled and intensified by his internationalism, an internationalism that is most graphically illustrated by his engagement with Italy and its role in recovering the classics.
In this paper, we review some results obtained in our group in the framework of research projects... more In this paper, we review some results obtained in our group in the framework of research projects concerning magnetoelectronic and biomedical applications with advanced magnetic materials. First, we focus on the type of materials used, and then we describe specific magnetoelectronic devices based on spin-dependent tunnelling and magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications. Special attention is drawn to the phenomena occurring at the nanometric scale, which in most cases completely determine the observed macroscopic properties.
Subversion and Wonder in Milton's Epitaph "0 n S ha k esp ea re" T hat texts routinely resist and... more Subversion and Wonder in Milton's Epitaph "0 n S ha k esp ea re" T hat texts routinely resist and subvert both the conventions they appear to follow and the ideals they claim to uphold is now something of a commonplace in the study of English Renaissance literature. Recent criticism, says Stephen Greenblatt, has increasingly come to see Renaissance texts "as fields of force, places of dissension and shifting interests, occasions for the jostling of orthodox and subversive impulses."' These subversive impulses reveal themselves in a number of ways. It may be by the infiltration of slight but potent changes in the construction of familiar forms. For example, Milton's early poems, says David Norbrook, "make their political points not so much by direct comment as by modification of generic expectations": in Comus "a woman lectures a man on how society should be governed'' and "the voice of apocalyptic prophecy threatens to destroy the artistic framework."* Comus, says Maryann McGuire in similar vein, is a "violation of masque convention."3 Subversion also reveals itself in the figurative or artificial quality of a text's language. The social order Shakespeare values so much, says Terry Eagleton, is called into question by his own "flamboyant punning, troping and riddling."4 Similarly, according to Herman Rapaport, the artificiality I , Introduction, "The Forms of Power and the Power of Forms in the Renaissance," Genre 2. David Norbrook, Poetry and Politics in the English Renaissance (London, 1984). pp. 238,258. 3. Maryann Cale McGuire, Milton's Puritan Masque (Athens, Ga., 1983), p. 5. 4. Terry Eagleton, William Shakespeare (Oxford, 1986). p. I. Eagleton's argument is openly and unrepentently anachronistic: "Though conclusive evidence is hard to come by, it is difficult to read Shakespeare without feeling that he was almost certainly familiar with. .. Derrida" (pp. ix-x). I S , Nos. I and 2 (1982). 6. 17.
This bibliography was compiled at the request of the Institute of Arab Manuscripts ostensibly to ... more This bibliography was compiled at the request of the Institute of Arab Manuscripts ostensibly to assist the activities of the Al Albait Foundation in Jordan in their declared aim of creating a union catalogue of all Arabic manuscripts in the world. The compiler, Korkees Awad ...
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