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Nora J Williams replied to the topic Act One in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoThanks for that important context, Dave — I was trying to figure out the best space to highlight the suspicious attribution on the title-page!
Really glad so many of you are as intrigued by Artesia and her epic entrance as I am. It feels like we get a lot more women and kinds of women in these first two scenes than in most plays I can think of?…[Read more]
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Nora J Williams started the topic Act One in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoAct One! Just two quick scenes to introduce two of the three plots: the lovers plot with Cador, Constantia, Edwin, and Modestia, and the high/political plot with King Aurelius and Artesia. Of course, because it’s Rowley, we get some wonderful slippage between the two 🙂 We have yet to venture into the comic/low plot, starring Rowley’s self-insert…[Read more]
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Sally Barnden's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months ago
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Cristina León Alfar deposited Speaking Truth to Power as Feminist Ethics in Richard III in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 9 months agoIn this essay Queen Margaret’s curses in Richard III become part of a feminist ethics on the early modern stage. As a parrhesiast, in Foucault’s terms, Margaret speaks truth to power and claims a right of citizenship. That Margaret elicits universal revulsion from the other characters while also holding a unique, though not untroubled, pos…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar deposited Speaking Truth to Power as Feminist Ethics in Richard III in the group
Shakespeare on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoIn this essay Queen Margaret’s curses in Richard III become part of a feminist ethics on the early modern stage. As a parrhesiast, in Foucault’s terms, Margaret speaks truth to power and claims a right of citizenship. That Margaret elicits universal revulsion from the other characters while also holding a unique, though not untroubled, pos…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar deposited Speaking Truth to Power as Feminist Ethics in Richard III in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoIn this essay Queen Margaret’s curses in Richard III become part of a feminist ethics on the early modern stage. As a parrhesiast, in Foucault’s terms, Margaret speaks truth to power and claims a right of citizenship. That Margaret elicits universal revulsion from the other characters while also holding a unique, though not untroubled, pos…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar deposited Speaking Truth to Power as Feminist Ethics in Richard III in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 5 years, 9 months agoIn this essay Queen Margaret’s curses in Richard III become part of a feminist ethics on the early modern stage. As a parrhesiast, in Foucault’s terms, Margaret speaks truth to power and claims a right of citizenship. That Margaret elicits universal revulsion from the other characters while also holding a unique, though not untroubled, pos…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar deposited Speaking Truth to Power as Feminist Ethics in Richard III in the group
Gender Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoIn this essay Queen Margaret’s curses in Richard III become part of a feminist ethics on the early modern stage. As a parrhesiast, in Foucault’s terms, Margaret speaks truth to power and claims a right of citizenship. That Margaret elicits universal revulsion from the other characters while also holding a unique, though not untroubled, pos…[Read more]
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Nora J Williams replied to the topic Welcome! Introduce Yourself in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoWelcome all! This is shaping up to be a great crew 🙂
Just a quick update to say that Charlene has very kindly created a clean PDF copy of the transcription text, so that it’s MUCH easier to read. She’s a star! You can now find that under ‘Files’ above.
Looking forward to diving into Act 1 next week!
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The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoThank you, Charlene!!
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Susanne Gruss replied to the topic Welcome! Introduce Yourself in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoAll the better… genre, magic AND dragons 🙂
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Nora J Williams replied to the topic Welcome! Introduce Yourself in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoOoh Susanne, if you like genre, you’re going to have a LOT of fun with this play! XD
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Susanne Gruss replied to the topic Welcome! Introduce Yourself in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoHi everyone, I’m Susanne – another first-time reader of the play.
I specialise in (early modern) law and literature, and have a particular interest in genre (how do early modern genre politics/evolving genres influence the depiction of legal conflicts on the stage?), revenge, and non-Shakespearean drama. Oh, and pirates! Because the German…[Read more]
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Charlene Smith replied to the topic Welcome! Introduce Yourself in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoHi, everyone! I’m Charlene and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I’ve not read this play before but I am a big proponent of early modern theatre not by Shakespeare. I’m the artistic director of Brave Spirits Theatre of Alexandria, VA, and we produce more of Shakespeare’s contemporaries than any other theatre company in the DC metropolitan area,…[Read more]
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Sally Barnden replied to the topic Welcome! Introduce Yourself in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoHello! My name is Sally. I’ve never read this play before, but I’m interested in early modern drama and its afterlives.
My work is on archives of mostly-Shakespeare performances since the Restoration–I’ve worked on performance photography, and I’m currently working on a project with the Royal Collections and trying to think about letters,…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar deposited Speaking Truth to Power as Feminist Ethics in Richard III on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months ago
In this essay Queen Margaret’s curses in Richard III become part of a feminist ethics on the early modern stage. As a parresiast, in Foucault’s terms, Margaret speaks truth to power and claims a right of citizenship. That Margaret elicits universal revulsion from the other characters while also holding a unique, though not untroubled, pos…[Read more]
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