834 Shakespeare's Scholars (with Sean Keilen) | My Last Book with Nan Z. Da
The History of Literature

834 Shakespeare's Scholars (with Sean Keilen) | My Last Book with Nan Z. Da

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 202655 min
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  • Arts & culture

Shakespeare himself didn't attend a university - and yet, for centuries, the world's greatest scholars have studied his works to learn about everything from poetry to politics. But have they missed the lessons that Shakespeare had for them in particular? In this episode, Jacke talks to author Sean Keilen about his book Shakespeare's Scholars: Three Lessons from the Liberal Arts, which examines three plays with scholars as protagonists to see what advice the Bard might have for modern-day academics. On Sale Now! For more information and to order ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ b...

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The History of Literature podcast is a member of the Podglamorate network and LitHub Radio. I'm Alan Sisto, the man of the west here at The Prancing Pony podcast. And I'm Sean Marchese, the real life Lord of the Mark. Every week here at The Prancing Pony podcast, along with Sean or other co-hosts, I explore

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the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, bringing along lots of pop culture references, plenty of nerd humor, and the occasional bad pun. It's just a couple of friends hanging out at the pub talking about our favorite books.

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We cover just a few pages every episode, reading important sections of the books and having a chat about what we've read. Now we do a ton of research for each episode so that we can bring as much background information to our conversation as possible.

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