Shakespeare and the Middle Ages
LecturesFaith Acker, Liam Daley
Though often spoken of as the greatest writing of the English Renaissance, Shakespeare’s plays are both shaped by and directly comment on medieval literature, history, and culture in profound ways which are frequently overlooked. “Shakespeare and the Middle Ages” examines significant Shakespearean plays in light of these medieval connections. The course examines Shakespeare’s Comedies in the context of their medieval literary sources, his History plays in light of Tudor views of the recent medieval past, and his Tragedies in the context of medieval beliefs and cosmologies which, if no longer wholly credited, continued to hover (like King Hamlet’s ghost) on the periphery of belief in early modern England.
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- Lecture01 An Introduction to the Courseadded 20 days ago
- Lecture02 Sir Orfeo and Sir Laufaladded 19 days ago
- Lecture03 A Midsummer Night's Dream 1added 18 days ago
- Lecture04 A Midsummer Night's Dream 2added 17 days ago
- Lecture05 The Knight's Taleadded 14 days ago
- Lecture06 The Knight's Tale and A Midsummer Night's Dreamadded 14 days ago
- Lecture07 The Two Noble Kinsmen 1added 13 days ago
- Lecture08 The Two Noble Kinsmen 2added 13 days ago
- Lecture09 Richard II part Iadded 12 days ago
- Lecture10 Richard II part IIadded 12 days ago