Today is the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. In honor of his life, I present 75 Shakespearean Era plays that I think offers to best education of Elizabethan-Jacobean theatre.
Category: Literature
The First Lowell Poet: Percival Lowell
Our country has seen three major Lowell poets: Robert Lowell, Amy Lowell and James Russell Lowell. They were not the first.
Poetry April Madness 5: Round 1, Game 4
Welcome to Game 4 of Poetry April Madness! since we are running out of time, this game has been conducted rather swiftly. The next games will probably be conducted even quicker. To see the rules, click here.
Poetry April Madness 4: Round 1, Game 3
Welcome to game 3 of Poetry April Madness: a literary blood sport!
Poetry April Madness 3: Round 1, Game 2
Welcome to Round 1, Game 2 of Poetry April Madness: the Sporting Event of Poets.
Poetry April Madness 2: Round 1, Game 1
Welcome to Round 1, Game 1 of Poetry April Madness: The sport of poets! A literary gauntlet!
Poetry April Madness 1: Rules & Team Rosters
For April Poetry Month I’ve decided to play an eccentric literary game. Thirty teams of American poets, past and present, and will go head-to-head through a March Madness-style sporting system to see which poetry team is the strongest team of all.
The Terrible Tot of Lübeck as the Source for Archaic Child in the Werewhale
From what spring sprung Archaic Child? We must look back to North Germanic legend. The Terrible Tot of Lübeck, also known as the infant scholar, must be the source for the play’s sanest character.
Shakespeare is Shakespeare (revised)
In an effort to do my academic duty to save young minds from going astray, I present to you ten (plus 2 later additions) of the most obvious reasons that William Shakespeare is the author of the works of William Shakespeare.
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