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The meanings of hurt
| Alanna SkuseSteven Pocock
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
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Lovesickness and ‘The Love Thief’
| Julia Nurse
An 11th-century poem of love, lust and possibly gruesome death still resonates today.
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Surviving a flesh-eating disease
| Scott NeillNan Carreira
Nearly dying from a skin infection gave Scott Neill a chance to start again after an early life marked by grief and depression.
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Shame, condemnation and conscience
| Lucia Osborne-CrowleyEduardo Rubio
Where does shame comes from and what fuels it? Lucia Osborne-Crowley explores audience, gender and the difference between shame and guilt, asking if either can ever be useful.