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Date(s) - 14 Oct 2016
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Columbia University Faculty House
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Dympna Callaghan (Syracuse) will give a paper titled “The Politics of Blank Verse.”
Abstract: This paper will examine the relationship between Shakespeare’s poetry and early modern ideas about unconstrained, “free” speech at a time when neither eloquence nor plain speaking could secure the right to speak one’s mind. The presentation will explore the connection between poetic fluency with the specifically political idea of unfettered speech. Callaghan will argue that the technical constraints of Shakespeare’s verse paradoxically work not only to a authorize freedom of expression but also to question ideological and political restriction.
The event will be held in Faculty House, 64 Morningside Drive. As always social hour will be from 5-6, dinner 6-7, and the talk 7-8:30. Please RSVP to [email protected]. The cost for dinner, payable by check only, is $30.