Category: Close Reading
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Episode 31: T.S. Eliot on Shakespeare
It’s time to learn more about why T.S. Eliot decided to diss Hamlet so many years ago. Gotta admit, literary criticism from 100 years ago can be fun.
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Episode 21: Portrayals of Achilles in Shakespeare and Elsewhere
You’ve heard of Achilles, but how well do you know him really? And do portrayals of him change across time? Is the Achilles of The Iliad the same as the one in more recent years? And how did Shakespeare portray him?
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Episode 18: Close Reading Much Ado About Nothing
Were you ever assigned a close reading in a lit class and feel cold dread building up in your stomach? Or were you a weirdo who enjoyed those types of assignments like me? In this episode, we’ll be practicing some close reading.
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Episode 16: One-Star Shakespeare, Hamlet Edition with Guest Ben Roman
To give or not to give a one-star review? That can sometimes be the question when you are faced with reading and rating a classic that doesn’t live up to the glorious tales everyone has been telling about it.
Something Shakespeare This Way Comes 