Jonathan McGovern
@jonathanmcgovern.bsky.social
Professor of English at Xiamen University. Author of 3 books, most recently 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘝𝘐𝘐𝘐 (forthcoming, Boydell). Tudor political/administrative history & early modern literature, inc. Shakespeare.
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propter se ipsam appetenda scientia
Cover proofs for new book, coming out in December!
September 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Cover proofs for new book, coming out in December!
The poverty of scholars, as described in Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion (1598), sometimes described as the Chinese Romeo and Juliet.
August 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The poverty of scholars, as described in Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion (1598), sometimes described as the Chinese Romeo and Juliet.
An Elizabethan French lesson. "Sblood! Swoundes! Yeeld thy purse: quicke, quicke, dispatch, yeeld, alight, or I will shoote this bullet into thy belly."
August 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
An Elizabethan French lesson. "Sblood! Swoundes! Yeeld thy purse: quicke, quicke, dispatch, yeeld, alight, or I will shoote this bullet into thy belly."