This roundup is dense in the best way. The detail about swans being ejected from Stratford is absurd and I love it. Also, the Ophelia song analysis connecting it to wider cultural patterns shows how Shakespeare keeps generating new interpretation frameworks even when filtered thru pop culture, which is kinda wild when you think about it.
Thank you. The newsletters are always pretty dense but the catch-up ones are *particularly* so. I'm glad you were also delighted by the swan eviction! Only "sweet swans" allowed i' the commonwealth. And yes *so much* interesting "Fate of Ophelia" analysis. The newsletter could honestly just be that and "Hamnet" there's so much.
This roundup is dense in the best way. The detail about swans being ejected from Stratford is absurd and I love it. Also, the Ophelia song analysis connecting it to wider cultural patterns shows how Shakespeare keeps generating new interpretation frameworks even when filtered thru pop culture, which is kinda wild when you think about it.
Thank you. The newsletters are always pretty dense but the catch-up ones are *particularly* so. I'm glad you were also delighted by the swan eviction! Only "sweet swans" allowed i' the commonwealth. And yes *so much* interesting "Fate of Ophelia" analysis. The newsletter could honestly just be that and "Hamnet" there's so much.
Hey — always interesting.
Do you know about my substack? Spent 16 months doing King Lear line by line. Just finished. Starting Antony and Cleopatra next week.
Exciting, thank you.