June 22, 2012
Tags: Harold Bloom, Henry IV, Hotspur, Lisa Fishman, Richard II, Shakespeare, Stephen Greenblatt
In which I begin to cobble together what literary flotsam I do possess and attempt to read the entire works of William Shakespeare. It’s summer. People are talking about their summer reading lists. Here’s what happened to me: I loved Stephen Greenblatt’s book The Swerve.( https://www.elenalouiserichmond.com/2012/05/swerving-and-centering/) It led me to dust off his Will in Read the Rest…
May 18, 2012
Tags: Civilities, De rerum natura, Epicurus, Lucretius, On the Nature of Things, Stephen Greenblatt, The Swerve
Here in Seattle we have had a week of lovely early summer weather. It was warm enough to sit under my magnificent 40 year old lilac trees at six in the morning, drink tea and read. I was so engrossed in the book by Stephen Greenblatt called The Swerve that I read it straight through, Read the Rest…
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