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JennAndrew
The Comedy of Errors | William Shakespeare
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I thoroughly enjoyed the #shakespearereadalong of yore, even though life got in the way and I drifted away a few plays in. I‘m taking my kids to see their first Shakespeare this year (in Stratford-upon-Avon, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, I‘m so excited, haven‘t been for years!) and feel a reignited passion! I‘ve decided to set myself a year of Shakespeare, following the old format of an act or two a week. Starting here- let‘s see how it goes!

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TheBookHippie
The Winters Tale | William Shakespeare
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Rereading
Good day for it.

I‘m missing my #SHAKESPEAREREADALONG

Graywacke Was thinking that too, missing our group. Great play, this. 3mo
TheBookHippie @Graywacke Agree, on both statements . 3mo
Cuilin I loved that reading group too. Great read. 3mo
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batsy I miss the group too! Loved giving my brain a workout 😆 3mo
TheBookHippie @batsy 🤣💯 3mo
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batsy
Italian Backgrounds | Edith Wharton
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"Still more Shakespearian is the scene of the pearl. Cleopatra, enthroned in state at the banqueting-table, lifts one hand to drop the jewel into her goblet, and in her gesture and her smile are summed up all the cruel grace of the 'false soul of Egypt'". Love it when words collide, in this case #WhartonBuddyRead & #ShakespeareReadAlong ? @Graywacke

The detail in this painting ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Banquet_of_Cleopatra_(Tiepolo)

TheBookHippie 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 3mo
batsy @TheBookHippie So gorgeous! 3mo
Graywacke I think this was my favorite line in this second part. 3mo
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batsy @Graywacke Same! 3mo
Lcsmcat That line jumped out at me too. But I think my favorite section was when she not-so-subtly pans George Elliott. Wharton is the queen of snark. 3mo
batsy @Lcsmcat Oh no, I must have missed that...zoned out when I read it, maybe 🙈 I did enjoy her snark towards George Sand! 3mo
Lcsmcat @batsy I shouldn‘t post before I‘ve had my coffee. I meant Sand. 3mo
batsy @Lcsmcat Haha, no that's a relief! I was worried I had missed out on reading the book while reading the book 😁 3mo
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erzascarletbookgasm
Shakespeare's Sonnets & Poems | William Shakespeare
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I‘ve been dipping in and out of these sonnets in leisure, (and in mood), sometimes listening to Patrick Stewart‘s recitals, other times reading the text then with the help of a reading guide. In such a concise structure with fixed pattern verses, so much emotional depth can be found, it just amazes me. I don‘t understand them all or enjoyed each of them, but the rich language, and wit of some of them are a pleasure to read and return to in future.

erzascarletbookgasm #shakespearereadalong Thanks for leading @GingerAntics sorry I‘ve been a terrible group member. 1y
Graywacke Great post, and congrats on finishing 1y
Cathythoughts Beautiful review Jessie ❤️ 1y
batsy Wonderfully put! The sonnets are a total experience. So glad we did this group read 💚 1y
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TheBookHippie
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OsIgiH-E8yg&t=239s

Many of us first encountered Shakespeare‘s plays as text before experiencing them as theater. Shakespeare is textual. He‘s also typographic. In this free public lecture, Claire Bourne illuminates how typographic decision-making—from typefaces to page design—has shaped how we read and engage with Shakespeare.

COVID has me still weak and reading is eh so …Shakespeare

#shakespearereadalong peeps

TheBookHippie Claire M. L. Bourne is Assistant Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. She is author of Typographies of Performance in Early Modern England and editor of the essay collection Shakespeare/Text.
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julieclair Hope you are feeling better soon! 1y
TheBookHippie @julieclair I‘m past the I want to die phase at least. Now just so incredibly exhausted. 1y
julieclair Ugh. Hang in there. Sounds like it really hit you hard. 😩 1y
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Lcsmcat
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Hey #shakespearereadalong gang, what‘s a good, readable, biography of Edward III? I‘m particularly interested in his personal life, not his wars, and nothing sleep-inducingly academic. Thanks in advance. @GingerAntics @merelybookish @Graywacke

GingerAntics Hmmm… the only book I can honestly say I‘ve read that had Edward III in it that wasn‘t Shakes was Ed West. If you like your history a bit snarky, you‘ll love him, but his book isn‘t entirely about him. It‘s more about the social and political world of medieval England, but it centres itself around Edward III‘s reign in a sense. It‘s not strictly chronological, more thematic, so some people didn‘t like it for that reason, too. 2y
Lcsmcat @GingerAntics Thanks. I may add that to my list. I decided to start with Mark Ormrod‘s biography, which seems to be about the man rather than the warrior, if you know what I mean. . I‘m only one chapter in, but it‘s very readable so far. 2y
Graywacke I have no idea. But I‘m really curious. 2y
GingerAntics @Lcsmcat I look forward to your thoughts on Ormrod‘s book. I‘ve never been sure if I want to read it or not. (edited) 2y
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Graywacke
All the Sonnets of Shakespeare | William Shakespeare
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After I finished the Sonnets, I kept reading this book, rereading the Sonnets in the odd ordering here, but at a rapid pace. I finished this week. #shakespearereadalong

This edition deconstructs the narrative under the sonnets, reordering them in what might be the order of actual composition. And adding sonnets from the plays. It's terribly destructive, but also forces us to look at each sonnet differently, which is actually really nice. 👇

Graywacke The editors do two wonderful things: For each poem they give a one-line explanation/synopsis. And then in the back they present the whole poem in plain words. This is crazy helpful. But, oddly, their notes on specific words and phrases are terribly done. Anyway, I'm glad I had this version, but very grateful I also had a different version too (with the correct ordering and with high-end notes). (edited) 2y
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merelybookish
Shakespeare For Dummies | John Doyle, Ray Lischner
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Graywacke Oh, I think you secretly love KJ. Some of those are really really funny. (Pericles) Thanks for sharing 2y
TheBookHippie 😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀 OHMYLORD. 2y
DGRachel Now I really want to read Measure for Measure. 😳 2y
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Meshell1313 This is hysterical!!! (And mine was hilarious accurate!) 😂 2y
CarolynM Hilarious but sadly inaccurate in my case (I met my partner at the theatre)🤣 2y
batsy Bahaha! My velvet-choker-owning 90s self feels a tad too seen 🤣 2y
merelybookish @Graywacke I do love is getting the jokes about KJ! 😉 2y
merelybookish @DGRachel I feel like all the BDSM references said more about the article's author than about Shakespeare. 2y
merelybookish @Meshell1313 Now I'm curious what's your favorite! 2y
merelybookish @CarolynM Not on Twitter? 😁 2y
merelybookish @batsy Ha! Yes some did feel pretty accurate. The history plays in particular. 2y
Meshell1313 @merelybookish 🤣 titus andronicus! 2y
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Daisey
Complete Sonnets | William Shakespeare
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I‘m not generally a poetry reader, so this was tough, but I‘m glad to have made my way through all 154 of the sonnets and added another post-it in my complete Shakespeare! A few caught my attention, some were more interesting after seeing other readers post about them, and several I just read through.

#ShakespeareReadalong #poetry #audiobook

Daisey @TheBookHippie @MrsMalaprop @batsy @GingerAntics @Graywacke Thanks so much for posts and comments that kept me reading! 2y
charl08 👏👏This reminds me I need to get back to my sonnet reading - I only made it half way! 2y
Suet624 Wow! Fantastic accomplishment. 2y
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Daisey @charl08 I set it aside in the middle a few times, but decided just over a week ago that it was time to power through the rest. @Suet624 Thanks! 2y
TheBookHippie Yay!!!!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2y
MrsMalaprop 👏👏👏😊 2y
batsy 🙌🏾💕 2y
GingerAntics Yeah, if you haven‘t found other poetry you can get into, this is probably not the place to start a poetry reading habit, honestly. 2y
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batsy
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I found Vendler, a Harvard professor & critic, to be a comforting & sensible companion as I made my way through the sonnets. Her close readings are what would be deemed old-school these days, but they are what poetry deserves: the study of its language, the puzzle of its verbal mechanisms. Sometimes the discussion becomes super technical, but she doesn't lose me because she still stays within the poem. This kind of deep reading feels meditative.

Graywacke I wish I had had something like this. 2y
batsy @Graywacke It was super useful to have her voice in my ear. (And once again grateful for friends with pdfs!) 2y
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