Not too long ago, I stumbled on a video of a TED talk, entitled “Hip-Hop & Shakespeare?” The title intrigued me. As my readers (or, rather, the computers which keep trying to post spam on my website) have probably guessed by now, I greatly admire Shakespeare. But what may be not quite as obvious is […]
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Some time ago, I came across a reference which stated that the American pioneers moving westward generally carried two books with them: the Bible and Shakespeare. I do not remember where I originally read this, but it is apparently an idea well-accepted enough that it is referred to in many other places on-line. Shakespeare in American […]
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