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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 agoEoin, that point you make about the similarities with Middleton’s asides is one that (from memory???) Dave explores in his book on Middleton & Rowley’s collaborations — he makes a very convincing argument that their collaborative work influences the way that they write as solo playwrights, too, with each picking up some stylistic bits and pieces…[Read more]
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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 agoPete, thank you for bringin up the messy quarto — it’s actually one of my favourite things about this play, and somehow I feel like the hot mess of its 1662 printing matches the wackiness of the play’s contents. I also like the confusion it creates around asides, and that Aurelius speech you’ve quoted is a great example. What’s everyone hearing?…[Read more]
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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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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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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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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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