SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Podcast of a one-day seminar hosted by the Department of English Royal Holloway, University of London. Professor Kiernan Ryan’s talk begins by looking at plays and poems where Shakespeare’s characters seem to be thinking philosophically, and where the work as a whole appears to imply a philosophical stance. He concludes by considering the ways in which Shakespeare’s plays resist comprehension in philosophical terms, forging their more elusive visions what Chesterton called their ‘thoughtless wisdom’ in the crucible of form and phrasing.

Series

Academic Service

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia

Transmission details

28 May 2010

Duration

17 mins

Credits

Contributor

Kiernan Ryan

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Plays

As You Like It; Hamlet; King Lear; Measure for Measure; Troilus and Cressida

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

literary criticism; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Philosophy

Notes

Notes

Available to listen to or download from the Backdoor Broadcasting archive http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/archives/ (accessed 10/2011)

General

The Backdoor Broadcasting Company’s Academic Service specializes in web-casting academic conferences, symposia, public lectures, workshops and seminars in order to further the dissemination of academic research.

Production Company

Name

Backdoor Broadcasting Company

Email

rene@backdoorbroadcasting.net

Web

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Phone

01865 240009

Address

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Oxford
OX4 1LH

Notes

Mobile audio webcasting service, which concentrates on recording academic research