October 7-10, 2004
Shakespeare’s Others:
Shakespeare in the Context of his Rivals and Collaborators
Plenary Speakers will include:
David Riggs
Lars Engle
Sara Eaton
Proposals for papers are welcome on a wide range of topics and issues,
including: The Non-Shakespearean Canon; What Shakespeare Read; Deviant
Sexualities; Performing Shakespeare’s Contemporaries; Literary
Reputations; Non-Shakespearean Motivations; Performing Shakespeare’s
Contemporaries; Sentiment; Heroic Cultures; Jonsonian Realism and
Jonsonian Fantasy; The Rise of Revenge; Who are Shakespeare’s Heirs
Today? In general, papers are welcome that help particularize Shakespeare
by making his works, his language, his characters, and his conventions
seem less normal. Individual sessions are likely to be devoted to several
of the major playwrights, and to some of the themes, character types, or
genres that help us align Shakespeare with the other writers who form his
artistic context, including magic, representations of Jews, urban
settings, the image of Italy, misogyny, the history play, and so on.
Papers with a broader scope are welcome as well: What do we mean by
early modern authorship and originality? What is a literary
context?
Send 250 word abstracts by August 1, 2004 to Jonathan Kamholtz,
Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of
Cincinnati, ML #69, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0069, or email them to
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The Ohio Shakespeare Conference 2004, “Shakespeare’s Others,” is
supported by the Taft Memorial Fund and the Helen C. Weinberger Center
for the Study of Drama.
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* W. L.
Godshalk
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* Professor, Department of
English
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* University of
Cincinnati
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* Cincinnati OH
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Stellar Disorder
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