This is the conclusion of the oyster chapter I am working on for Book 2. I haven’t shared the opening pages with you, but I…
The second book of Ranulf Higden’s Polychronicon opens by considering the problem of “þe ordre of þe story.” To illustrate the principle of good structure,…
This week in oyster thinking, a chunk of a chapter for Book2. In Descartes, Plato, Boethius, Ficino, in the whole of this tradition, the oyster…
Giving a talk at Cornell this Thursday! The Bare Life of (Medieval) Oysters,” March 12, 4:30, Goldwin Smith Hall 142 By some miracle of diligence, I…
