After a 15 minute discussion of Covid-19 (not recorded here) we talk about the actual ages of various characters, and the ages that Shakespeare wanted them to be: not only in A & C but in Richard II, 1 Henry IV and the romances: the idea that you can go from the start of adulthood (Octavius) to the maturity that makes you fit for tragedy and old enough to have lived long enough (Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra) within 16-18 years or so. Shakespeare's highly skillful stage setting in scene 1. Too all over the place, but I am hoping that if classes aren't canceled as they're being at many of our sister institutions, we'll settle down in to focused discussion.
A day that turned out to be an intro to Paradise Lost (Episode 10)
Different sorts of stresses (Episode 9)
What all poems are always about; ”We are Seven” (Episode 8)
More on lines
What makes a line?
Rhyme. And dialogue -- alternation and conflict in ballads
Rhyme: Making the Arbitrary Make Sense
More on rhyme and meter
some more on ”b o d y” and then on Alice Notley’s ”The Comfort”
First episode of Poetry: A Basic Course:James Merrill’s
Advanced Shakespeare 28, Friday May 1 2020--LAST CLASS. Dolabella and Cleopatra's dream
Advanced Shakespeare 27 April 30 2020 -- The Death of Antony
Advanced Shakespeare 26, Tuesday April 28 2020: Act IV and Antony's Extravagance
Advanced Shakespeare 25, Friday April 24, 2020: Act III concluded: Knowing Antony and knowing Cleoipatra
Advanced Shakespeare 24, Tuesday April 21, 2020: Act III continued: Antony profuse wastefulness
Advanced Shakespeare 23 Friday April 17 2020 -- dramatic perspectives
Bonus aria on Wittgenstein
Advanced Shakespeare 22 Tuesday 4/14/20 Leaders and advisors and news management
Advanced Shakespeare 21 Friday 4/3/2020 Messengers
Advanced Shakespeare 20 Tuesday 3-31-20 She did make defect perfection (Continuing Act II)
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