Shakespeare – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:09:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Shakespeare – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Caesar Hath the Falling Sickness: Disability in Shakespearean Drama https://brewminate.com/caesar-hath-the-falling-sickness-disability-in-shakespearean-drama/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:31:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=123832 What if we understand the play as a story about the disabled body as it was configured in

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]]> King Lear’s Descent: Madness, the Fool, and Poor Tom https://brewminate.com/king-lear-madness-the-fool-and-poor-tom/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 18:31:20 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=77484 Considering how the Fool and Poor Tom, two characters in King Lear who stand outside the social order, enhance the play’s

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]]> Shakespeare and the Four Humours https://brewminate.com/shakespeare-and-the-four-humours/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 18:38:56 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=76775 Profile of William Shakespeare, c.1793 / Wellcome Collection, Creative Commons Blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile: the

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]]> Rhetoric, Power, and Persuasion in Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’ https://brewminate.com/rhetoric-power-and-persuasion-in-shakespeares-julius-caesar/ Sat, 18 Aug 2018 17:51:52 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=67744 Boydell’s Collection of Prints illustrating Shakespeare’s works / British Library, Public Domain Rhetoric was a much-valued skill in

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]]> Thou Art Translated! How Shakespeare Went Viral https://brewminate.com/thou-art-translated-how-shakespeare-went-viral/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:40:56 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=62325 A 1964 Soviet stamp depicts William Shakespeare. “Stamp” via www.shutterstock.com Centuries before the internet, Shakespeare became a global phenomenon. By Dr.

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]]> Why Did Shakespeare’s Father Paint Over Iconic Medieval Murals? https://brewminate.com/why-did-shakespeares-father-paint-over-iconic-medieval-murals/ Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:48:57 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=57019 Virtual reality model of the west wall of the guild chapel, Stratford on Avon. © University of York, Author provided

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]]> Double, Double, Toil and Trouble? The Surprising Truth about the Real Macbeth https://brewminate.com/double-double-toil-and-trouble-the-surprising-truth-about-the-real-macbeth/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 17:35:10 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=56808 Macbeth: I’m not all bad. Honest. Studio Canal publicity Shakespeare cast the Scottish king as the ultimate villain, but you shouldn’t believe everything

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]]> Lost in Translation: Proust and Scott Moncrieff https://brewminate.com/lost-in-translation-proust-and-scott-moncrieff/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:49:04 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=41944 Portrait of Marcel Proust painted by Jacques-Émile Blanche in 1892, when Proust was 21 years old. / Wikimedia

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