Leslie R MallandLeslie R. Malland is a Visiting Lecturer of English at the University of Texas Permian Basin. Her PhD dissertation, 'Death, Discipline, and the Dead: Biopolitical Rhetoric in Early Modern English Texts', examines the period's fascination with death ad the ways in which death, as well as the treatment of the dead, was authorized by and supported the ideological aims of the state. Her research identifies how those themes carry over into the most popular works of the day. Her research interests include Renaissance anatomies, executions, rhetoric, and biopolitics. This book project began as a panel for the 2020 Renaissance Society of America annual conference. After the conference was postponed due to COVID, Dr. Malland, acting as panel chair, reached out to the presenters to suggest revising their work for this edited collection. Read More Read Less