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'A woyage o' diskivery': Thomas J. Williams' The Peep-Show Man (1868) and the victorian performative text (2009)
Journal Article
Mattacks, K. (2009). 'A woyage o' diskivery': Thomas J. Williams' The Peep-Show Man (1868) and the victorian performative text. Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, 36(2), 53-62

This article focuses upon the variant manuscripts of a play concerning a travelling peep-show man. The evidence reveals that like the hero, the text travels widely and undergoes significant textual changes according to the medium in which it appears.

On the circularity of democratic justice (2009)
Journal Article
Thompson, S. (2009). On the circularity of democratic justice. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 35(9), 1079-1098. https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453709343391

In this article, I argue that justice and democracy stand in a circular relationship: just outcomes emerge from democratic deliberations, but only if such deliberations meet the standards of justice. I develop my argument by engaging in a critical di... Read More about On the circularity of democratic justice.

A strictly Millian approach to the definition of the proper name (2009)
Journal Article
Coates, R. (2009). A strictly Millian approach to the definition of the proper name. Mind and Language, 24(4), 433-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0017.2009.01369.x

A strictly Millian approach to proper names is defended, i.e. one in which expressions when used properly ('onymically') refer directly, i.e. without the semantic intermediaryship of the words that appear to comprise them. The approach may appear sel... Read More about A strictly Millian approach to the definition of the proper name.

"Biting the sour apple": The Nietzschean undertow in Little Eyolf (2009)
Journal Article
Reid, J. (2009). "Biting the sour apple": The Nietzschean undertow in Little Eyolf. Modern Drama, 52(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3138/md.52.1.1

In this essay, Little Eyolf is treated as a play that offers compelling internal evidence of Ibsen's critical, intertextual engagement with Nietzche. Not only does the play invoke the Nietzschean imagery associated with lower chthonic powers and tran... Read More about "Biting the sour apple": The Nietzschean undertow in Little Eyolf.