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Shakespeare's Hamlet has not been out of production for over four centuries and its profound examination of the human condition continues to capture the hearts and minds of people the world over. Join me in Elsinore as we think about what some have called the greatest drama in history -- perhaps even the greatest literary achievement of all time!
Margaret Atwood's "Gertrude Talks Back" can be found here: https://lucylit.weebly.com/uploads/6/1/5/6/61560063/margaret_atwoods_gertrude_talks_back.pdf
Hamlet recording: Hamlet with Richard Burton and the Broadway Cast; Columbia Masterworks DOS 702 (1964). Taken from the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/lp_hamlet-richard-burton-and-the-broadway-c_richard-burton-hume-cronyn-alfred-drake-ei
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Humorous Humors: Ben Jonson's Early Comedies
The Bible in English
More than the Dark Lady: Aemilia Lanyer's "Eve's Apology in Defense of Women"
Fair Youths and Dark Ladies: Shakespeare's Sonnets
"You taught me language": Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Felix Culpa: George Herbert's "Easter Wings"
Shakespeare: The Narrative Poems
Shakespeare's The Tragedy of King Lear and the Absurdity of Suffering
Shakespeare's Problematic Plays
Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth: A Love Story
The First Anglican Christmas Carol
Honor, Ethics, and Assassination: Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Happy 400th! Shakespeare's First Folio
"I am a woman; when I think I must speak": Shakespeare's Rosalind and Beatrice
Happy Thanksgiving! George Herbert's "Gratefulness"
Shakespeare's Henriad
Happy Halloween from Herrick's "The Hag"!
Despair and Damnation: Marlowe's The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: A Tragedy of Sonnet-Lovers
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