---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 11:11:24 -0800 From: Sean Lawrence <[log in to unmask]> To: editor <[log in to unmask]>, ren-l <[log in to unmask]>, renais-l <[log in to unmask]>, kcreamer <[log in to unmask]>, reed <[log in to unmask]>, SHAKSPER-request <[log in to unmask]> Subject: New EMLS issue. Early Modern Literary Studies is pleased to announce the launch of its September issue (5.2), now available at http://purl.oclc.org/emls/05-2/05-2toc.htm . This issue contains articles on 'Henry VI on Tour', 'The Lunar Calendar of Shakespeare's King Lear', '"In this dark world and wide": Samson Agonistes and the Meaning of Christian Heroism', 'Narrative and the Forms of Desire in Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis', and 'Utopia and the "Pacific Rim": The Cartographical Evidence', as well as a review-essay entitled 'Novel Oxfords: two fictive biographies presenting Edward de Vere as "Shakespeare"', the usual complement of book reviews, and the launch of a new feature, theatre reviews. In addition, the interactive section of the journal also carries a new feature, reviews of electronic resources; the first, of Chadwyck-Healey's English Poetry, Early English Prose Fiction, and English Verse Drama databases, can be found at http://purl.oclc.org/emls/iemls/reviews . Finally, we also announce the move of our Canadian distribution site from the University of Alberta to the University of Toronto, where it can be found at http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/emls/emlshome.html . Dr Lisa Hopkins Senior Lecturer in English, Sheffield Hallam University School of Cultural Studies, Sheffield Hallam University, Collegiate Crescent Campus, Sheffield, S10 2BP, U.K. Editor, Early Modern Literary Studies: http://purl.oclc.org/emls/emlshome.html Teaching and research pages: http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/cs/teaching/lh/index.htm