“Admit me Chorus to this history”: Shakespeare’s M.C.s and Choric Commentators—How Medieval, How Early Modern?
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DOI: 10.1007/s11061-018-9576-6
Abstract: My paper discusses the relationship between typical medieval and Tudor prologues and epilogues, in which a moralistic and didactic tone is common, and Shakespeare’s more nuanced early modern use of framing devices. The latter’s approach,… read more here.
Keywords: medieval early; shakespeare; early modern; chorus history ... See more keywords
Shaping Remembrance from Shakespeare to Milton. Patricia Phillippy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. xiv + 270 pp. $110.
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DOI: 10.1017/rqx.2019.489
Abstract: literature and zoological writings relied on what she terms “chimeric description,” a string oftentimes of similes used to depict new living forms. In The Tempest, Shakespeare not only “reveals the combinative imagination at work,” but… read more here.
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Shakespeare / Sex: Contemporary Readings in Gender and Sexuality. Jennifer Drouin, ed. Arden Shakespeare Intersections. London: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2020. xii + 332 pp. £130.
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DOI: 10.1017/rqx.2023.194
Abstract: of lust, love, and desire, especially inHamlet, Coriolanus, and the late romances. The introduction claims that the book “emphasizes differences, as well as commonalities, between Shakespeare’s treatment of sexual desire and romantic love that builds… read more here.
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Reading Hawaiian Shakespeare: Indigenous Residue Haunting Settler Colonial Racism
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DOI: 10.1017/s0021875819001993
Abstract: As scholarly work on race in Shakespeare studies continues to develop, this article examines how important insights from critical Indigenous studies can help us to refine and enhance this work to more fully see historical… read more here.
Keywords: indigenous residue; shakespeare; hawaiian shakespeare; shakespeare indigenous ... See more keywords
Shakespeare’s Tragic Art By Rhodri Lewis , Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024. 381 pp.
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DOI: 10.1017/s174455232510027x
Abstract: This short note is not a book review but a set of reflections intended to indicate the potential benefits to jurists of an encounter with Professor Rhodri Lewis’s book Shakespeare’s Tragic Art . Shakespeare’s genius,… read more here.
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Walking with the words: Student motivation toward reading and studying Shakespeare’s plays through rehearsal room practices
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DOI: 10.1080/08929092.2019.1580649
Abstract: ABSTRACT Educators have long been challenged to support students’ engagement with and comprehension of reading complex texts, including Shakespeare’s plays. Rehearsal room practice (RRP) specifically integrates the rehearsal room processes used by the Royal Shakespeare… read more here.
Keywords: shakespeare; rehearsal room; plays rehearsal; toward reading ... See more keywords
Do Shakespeare’s characters mean what they say?
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DOI: 10.1080/0950236x.2024.2348886
Abstract: ABSTRACT Modern criticism tends to assume that the excess of meaning in Shakespeare’s language gives voice to forces other than the motivations of his characters. But this critical tendency diminishes Shakespeare’s approach to characterisation. Focusing… read more here.
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Reimagining Shakespeare’s The Tempest in its afterlife: a study of cuts, revisions, and potential sources
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DOI: 10.1080/0950236x.2024.2380266
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this paper, I discuss the influence of commedia dell'arte on The Tempest and consider the possibility of a late truncation of the play. This foundation sets the stage for the task of writing… read more here.
Keywords: tempest afterlife; shakespeare; afterlife; reimagining shakespeare ... See more keywords
Tragedy, The Greeks, and Us
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DOI: 10.1080/10486801.2020.1703431
Abstract: Placing Lanier’s chapter immediately after Olive’s affords equal critical weight to both TV adaptations and YouTube vlogs, prompting a radical reconsideration of how Shakespeare circulates and is valued across media. Similarly, the other chapters in… read more here.
Keywords: tragedy greeks; shakespeare; book; collection ... See more keywords
Lev Shestov on Shakespeare’s Tragedy Julius Caesar
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DOI: 10.1080/10611967.2017.1375790
Abstract: This article discusses Lev Shestov’s essay that analyzes Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Caesar. The essay was included in Shestov’s book the Apotheosis of Groundlessness (1905), and still remains largely unknown to a broader public. The article… read more here.
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Joe Orton and Shakespeare: collage, class and queerness
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DOI: 10.1080/14682761.2017.1309834
Abstract: Abstract This essay considers Joe Orton's relationship to Shakespeare through the library book covers that he redesigned with his partner Kenneth Halliwell and through his plays. It proposes that Orton and Halliwell's neglected Shakespeare dust… read more here.
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