Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacBeth | 
Nerding out with some academic Shakespeare reading after (finally) finishing Hamlet. I first read it in college, but this time I was stunned by the intricacies of his language in conveying madness, be it strategic, artful madness, or the "poison of grief". In fact, even the strategic madness raises questions about just how much of it is art and how much is real. #ShakespeareReadAlong
vivastory I was compiling my 2018 TBR last night & I decided to add all of the Hogarth Shakespeare retellings. I'm planning on reading the originals first 6y
Ms_T I studied Shakespeare at school and found it really hard going back then. I‘ll watch your reviews with interest as I may include a short works in next year‘s reading plan. 6y
readinginthedark @vivastory @Ms_T You two should join the #ShakespeareReadalong ! I‘m thinking of reading Nutshell after we finish Hamlet. 6y
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readinginthedark I wish I was caught up! I feel bad, since I‘m supposed to be leading this gig. Hopefully tonight I can find some time! 6y
batsy @vivastory Some of those retellings sound good! That's a great idea, I should check them out. 6y
batsy @Ms_T I know what you mean. We unfortunately had zero literature components in high school 🙄 I was unprepared for him in college but I found that I enjoyed it, so that was helpful 🙂 6y
batsy @readinginthedark Don't feel bad! I think we're a super chill reading group 😊 Have you read Hamlet before? Do you find it more challenging that Much Ado? For me it was; each page more dense and complex, I was reading it slowly like reading poetry. 6y
readinginthedark I read it in high school according to my records, but I don‘t remember. I‘m glad you said that—I‘m finding it much more challenging! The difference is pretty wild. I wonder if that‘s because of all of the monologues? 6y
batsy @readinginthedark That's a good point, perhaps it is? And those monologues convey a lot of heavy stuff. I t's super interesting that we went from a comedy to a tragedy, I'm getting the sense that Shakespeare's comedies were the sitcoms of his day, maybe? 😁 6y
readinginthedark I think you‘re right! Especially with all of the plot and romantic twists we saw in MAAN! 6y
readinginthedark I saw some of your questions about madness really standing out in Act 3! 6y
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