Giving Shakespeare the Tough Love He Deserves
THE GREAT WHITE BARD: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race, by Farah Karim-Cooper Was my relationship to Shakespeare and race in need of a reality…
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THE GREAT WHITE BARD: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race, by Farah Karim-Cooper Was my relationship to Shakespeare and race in need of a reality…
In “The Great White Bard,” Farah Karim-Cooper maintains that close attention to race, and racism, will only deepen engagement with the playwright’s canon.
The temptation to chuck out the old is strong, but can only be part of the answer
The playwright reflected the prejudices of his age, but he also questioned and undermined them.
Six new books, celebrating the quatercentenary of the First Folio, range from the intensely personal to the boldly political