Tag: shakespeare
If you know your Elizabethan slang and poetical metaphors, you also know that Shakespeare was actually a pretty hilarious–and dirty–guy. But what happens when you cross Shakespeare with the …
In 2011, as he was prepping his AP English students for the exam, high school teacher Eric Kallenborn had an idea. What if, instead of simply assigning essays on Shakespeare …
An expert in antique books and manuscripts was left trembling after one find during Antique Roadshow. The item was a 17th-century notebook titled Shakespeare: Comedies and Tragedies. The author …
From the very first day of my freshman year at Yale, my professors bombarded me with reading suggestions: “Oh, this is such a great book, I think you’d really …
Sara Deeter
March 8, 2017
Book Lists, Chick Lit, Classics, Human Interest, Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Stephanie Meyer, Women, WTF, Young Adult
Ambi…what? I know–“ambivert” sounds like it belongs on those lists of advanced SAT words that you *totally* still remember from your frantic memorization sessions in high school. But just …
Shakespeare. Some hate him, some love him, but both agree that he is easily one of the most well-known playwrights in the world of literature. Hollywood also happens to …
Did you solve all of Golum’s riddles before you even read Bilbo’s answers? Are you the wittiest of all Ravenclaws? Or is wit beyond measure just a little out of …
YouTube Channel: New China TV From the Description: This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. A major exhibition titled “Shakespeare in Ten Acts” opened at …
Whether you’ve always wanted to visit London but have never gotten the chance, are planning a trip and can’t wait to get there, or have already visited but feel like …
Do you remember what you read as a child? For me, it was (a lot of) Harry Potter, with some Tamora Pierce and Laura Ingalls Wilder novels sprinkled in. …
YouTube Channel: Alltime Conspiracies From the Description: April 23rd 2016 marks 400 years since the death of the most famous playwright of all time:William Shakespeare. For centuries, school students around …
Eleanor Hicks
November 19, 2016
Book Lists, Book Lovers, Classics, Fantasy, George R.R. Martin, Grab Bag, J. R. R. Tolkien, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, Young Adult
As we demonstrated last week, the world of fiction is full of strange and grisly deaths. So full, in fact, that the strangest and grisliest refused to be confined …
It looks like Shakespeare In Love may not have been so historically inaccurate after all—it was confirmed this week by the Oxford University Press that Christopher Marlowe did in fact …
Since October 11, 2016, the Boston Public Library has released an exhibit called “Shakespeare Unauthorized” to honor the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare. The library presents very early editions of …
Patrick Stewart contains multitudes. “All of these people already exist inside me. It doesn’t matter how unspeakable they are, how unpleasant. They are there, and you have to find all …
It’s terrible but true that some of our favorite authors–some of the ones who wrote the most beautiful, moving literature–were also sexist. Almost more disturbingly, some of the most …
Shakespeare has been gone for 400 years but his legacy still remains to this day, most popularly by his plays. Now, there is a way to honor Shakespeare and …
One of the most misinterpreted writers of all time, Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets provide an immense number of sayings that we still use today. However, due to the timing …
Inspiration comes in many different forms. Some writers are inspired by dreams, some by emotions, and some find inspiration in real life. Here are three classic novels that were …
Shakespeare wrote over 30 plays in his lifetime and other works. Not only was he prolific, but he used the English language in ways that were never done before. …