Month: October 2023

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MONDAY, November 6th, Elizabeth Hines, “Anglo-Dutch Imperial Experiments”

Please join the Renaissance Workshop
MONDAY, November 6th, when
Elizabeth Hines
Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of Chicago
presents the paper:
“Anglo-Dutch Imperial Experiments”
MONDAY, November 6th
5:00-6:30pm
Rosenwald 301 (note the different room)
The paper, to be read in advance, has been distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available on our website here under the password “palatinate.” Light refreshments will be served.
If you would like to join our mailing list, please click here. We are committed to making our workshop accessible to all persons. Questions, requests, and concerns should be directed to Andrés Irigoyen (airigoyen@uchicago.edu) or Alyssa Mule (amule@uchicago.edu).
Image: William II, Prince of Orange, and his Bride, Mary Stuart, 1641, by Anthony van Dyck
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MONDAY, October 23rd, Jenny Birkett, “Shakespeare’s Possessive Pet Names”

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Monday, October 23rd, when

Jenny Birkett

Postdoctoral Fellow with Shakespeare, University of Notre Dame
presents the paper

“Shakespeare’s Possessive Pet Names”
MONDAY, October 23rd

5:00-6:30pm

Rosenwald 301
*please note the different room*

The paper, to be read in advance, has been distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available on our website under the password “endearment.” Light refreshments will be served.

Abstract:

In this paper, I contest the claim that Shakespeare’s most used form of endearment is animal terminology (such as duck), by highlighting that the most common affectionate vocative construction in Shakespeare’s plays is actually the combination of a genitive possessive (such as my, thy, your, our) with either a proper name (such as “my Hermia”), a title (such as “my lord”), or an endearing term (such as “my love”, or “my sweet”). Using A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a case study, I analyze the ways in which possessive endearments enact early modern marriage by portraying a relationship tangled in issues of dominance, submission, and mutual affection. This paper acts as the first of five chapters in my current book project on terms of endearment in early modern drama.

If you would like to join our mailing list, please click here. We are committed to making our workshop accessible to all persons. Questions, requests, and concerns should be directed to Andrés Irigoyen (airigoyen@uchicago.edu) or Alyssa Mulé (amule@uchicago.edu).

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MONDAY, Oct. 9th, Richard Strier, “Bangs and Whimpers: Notes on The Early Versions of King Lear”

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MONDAY, October 9th, when

Richard Strier 

Frank L. Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago

presents the paper:

“Bangs and Whimpers: Notes on The Early Versions of King Lear”

MONDAY, October 9th 

5:00-6:30pm 

Rosenwald 301 (note the different room)

 

The paper, to be read in advance, has been distributed to the Renaissance Workshop mailing list and is available on our website here under the password “twofer.” Light refreshments will be served.

If you would like to join our mailing list, please click here. We are committed to making our workshop accessible to all persons. Questions, requests, and concerns should be directed to Andrés Irigoyen (airigoyen@uchicago.edu) or Alyssa Mule (amule@uchicago.edu).