Approaching Shakespeare
by Oxford University
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Description
Each lecture in this series focuses on a single play by Shakespeare, and employs a range of different approaches to try to understand a central critical question about it. Rather than providing overarching readings or interpretations, the series aims to show the variety of different ways we might understand Shakespeare, the kinds of evidence that might be used to strengthen our critical analysis, and, above all, the enjoyable and unavoidable fact that Shakespeare's plays tend to generate our questions rather than answer them.
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Othello | Othello - First in Emma Smith's Approaching Shakespeare lecture series; looking at the central question of race and its significance in the play. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/l | 10/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Othello (eBook) | ePub version of text THE TRAGEDIE OF Othello, the Moore of Venice. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 10/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Henry V | The second lecture in the Approaching Shakespeare series looks at King Henry V, and asks whether his presentation in the play is entirely positive. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org | 10/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Henry V (eBook) | ePub version of text The Life of Henry the Fifth. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 10/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Measure for Measure | The third Approaching Shakespeare lecture, on Measure for Measure, focuses on the vexed question of this uncomic comedy's genre. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/ | 10/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Measure for Measure (eBook) | ePub version of text MEASVRE, For Measure. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 10/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Macbeth | In this fourth Approaching Shakespeare lecture the question is one of agency: who or what makes happen the things that happen in Macbeth? Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ | 11/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Macbeth (eBook) | ePub version of text THE TRAGEDIE OF MACBETH. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 11/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Winter's Tale | How we can make sense of a play that veers from tragedy to comedy and stretches credulity in its conclusion? That's the topic for this fifth Approaching Shakespeare lecture on The Winter's Tale. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | The Winter's Tale (eBook) | ePub version of text The Winter's Tale. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Titus Andronicus | Focusing in detail on one particular scene, and on critical responses to it, this sixth Approaching Shakespeare lecture on Titus Andronicus deals with violence, rhetoric, and the nature of dramatic sensationalism. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commerci | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Titus Andronicus (eBook) | ePub version of text The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Twelfth Night | The seventh Approaching Shakespeare lecture takes a minor character in Twelfth Night - Antonio - and uses his presence to open up questions of sexuality, desire and the nature of romantic comedy. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Twelfth Night (eBook) | ePub version of text Twelfe Night, Or what you will. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard II | Lecture eight in the Approaching Shakespeare series asks the question that structures Richard II: does the play suggest Henry Bolingbroke's overthrow of the king was justified? Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wale | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | Richard II (eBook) | ePub version of text Richard II / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Antony and Cleopatra | What kind of tragedy is this play, with its two central figures rather than a singular hero? The ninth lecture in the Approaching Shakespeare series tries to find out. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http:/ | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | Antony and Cleopatra (eBook) | ePub version of text THE TRAGEDIE OF Anthonie, and Cleopatra. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Tempest | That the character of Prospero is a Shakespearean self-portrait is a common reading of The Tempest: this tenth Approaching Shakespeare lecture asks whether that is a useful reading of the play. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 U | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | The Tempest (eBook) | ePub version of text THE TEMPEST. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Henry IV part 1 | Like generations of theatre-goers, this lecture concentrates on the (large) figure of Sir John Falstaff and investigates his role in Henry IV part 1. Lecture 11 in the Approaching Shakespeare series. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | Henry IV part 1 (epub) | ePub version of text The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of HENRY Sirnamed HOT-SPVRRE. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/l | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Comedy of Errors | Lecture 12 in the Approaching Shakespeare series asks how seriously we can take the farcical exploits of Comedy of Errors, drawing out the play's serious concerns with identity and selfhood. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | The Comedy of Errors (eBook) | ePub version of text The Comedie of Errors. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard III | In this thirteenth lecture in the Approaching Shakespeare series the focus is on the inevitability of the ending of Richard III: does the play endorse Richmond's final victory? Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wale | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | Richard III (eBook) | ePub version of text The Tragedy of Richard the Third: with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creati | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre | Pericles has been on the margins of the Shakespearean canon: this fourteenth lecture in the Approaching Shakespeare series shows some of its self-conscious artistry and contemporary popularity. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 U | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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King John | At the heart of King John is the death of his rival Arthur: this fifteenth lecture in the Approaching Shakespeare series looks at the ways history and legitimacy are complicated in this plotline. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | King John (eBook) | ePub version of text The life and death of King Iohn. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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King Lear | Showing how generations of critics - and Shakespeare himself - have rewritten the ending of King Lear, this sixteenth Approaching Shakespeare lecture engages with the question of tragedy and why it gives pleasure. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commerci | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | King Lear (eBook) | ePub version of text THE TRAGEDIE OF KING LEAR. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 31 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
approachable!
This is a nice lecture! It definitely makes Shakespeare approachable! Thanks!
Excellent
Engrossing and entertaining. Thanks for making these available!
New perspectives!
Illuminating and engaging! Most enjoyable talks on The Bard I have heard in quite a while.
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