Appreciating Shakespeare with Doctor Rap
UPDATE:
Appreciating Shakespeare by Gideon Rappaport, also available as a BOOK in hardcover, paperback, and eBook, offers knowledge and tools for appreciating Shakespeare's deep and universal meanings. Other books by Doctor Rap include William Shakespeare's Hamlet (a completely annotated edition), Shakespeare's Rhetorical Figures: An Outline, High School Homilies, and Paradox, all published by One Mind Good Press and available wherever books are sold.
Questions?: Email DoctorRap@zohomail.com
Episodes
55 episodes
The Nature of Art (Series I, Chapter 15, Session 3)
Series I, Chapter 15: The Nature of Art, Session 3Based on the teaching of Professor Mary HolmesTopics:Judgments of ArtTalking about ArtWhat Makes a Work of Art Great?Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.co...
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The Nature of Art (Series I, Chapter 15, Session 2)
Series I, Chapter 15: The Nature of Art, Session 2Based on the teaching of Professor Mary HolmesTopics:Paradox 2: Escape and ReturnParadox 3: I and WeParadox 4: Integrity and ChangeThe Power of ArtThe Goal of...
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The Nature of Art (Series I, Chapter 15, Session 1)
Series I, Chapter 15: The Nature of Art, Session 1Based on the teaching of Professor Mary HolmesSession 1 Topics: Why Art? What is Art? How Art Works Paradox 1: Empathy and Psychic Distance...
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Selected Sonnets 129-146 (Series II, Podcast Z)
Series II, Podcast Z: Selected Sonnets 129-146129130135138144146Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.com
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Selected Sonnets 73-116 (Series II, Podcast Y)
Series II, Podcast Y: Selected Sonnets 73-116737494116Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.com
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Selected Sonnets 1-65 (Series II, Podcast X)
Series II, Podcast X: Selected Sonnets 1-651-171820293042556065Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.com
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Hypothetical, Spurious, and False Shakespeare (Series I, Chapter 14)
Series I, Chapter 14: Hypothetical, Spurious, and False ShakespeareHypothetical: Love's Labour's Won, CardenioSpurious: Hecate passages in MacbethFalse Attributions: "The Passionate Pilgrim," Arden of Feversham, "Shall I Die?" A...
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Did Shakespeare Collaborate? (Series I, Chapter 13)
Series I, Chapter 13: Did Shakespeare Collaborate?Edward IIIPericlesHenry VIIIThe Two Noble KinsmenSir Thomas MoreReferences are to the following:Melchiori, Giorgio, ed. The New Cambridge Shakesp...
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The Tempest (Series II, Podcast W)
Series II, Podcast W: The TempestShakespeare's most mystical play.References are to the following: C.S. Lewis, The Discarded Image (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964, repr. 1967), Chapter VI; C.S. Le...
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The Winter's Tale (Series II, Podcast V)
Series II, Podcast V: The Winter's TaleQuestions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.com
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Troilus and Cressida (Series II, Podcast U)
Series II, Podcast U: Troilus and CressidaShakespeare's one satire, on the matter of Troy.Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.com
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Shakespeare's Other Poems (Series I, Chapter 12)
Series I, Chapter 12: Shakespeare's Other PoemsVenus and AdonisThe Rape of LucreceThe Phoenix and the TurtleA Lover's ComplaintNotes:I have taken some facts and quotations from the following: On T...
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Henry V (Series II, Podcast T)
Series II, Podcast T: Henry VPageantShakespeare's Ideal KingBanishment of FalstaffNote: The Thompson quotation is from Philip Thompson, Notes on Shakespeare in Gideon Rappaport, ed., Dusk and Dawn: Poetry a...
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Henry IV, Part II (Series II, Podcast S)
Series II, Podcast S: Henry IV, Part IIPromise Fulfilled: Prince Hal becomes King Henry VDefense of Prince JohnFalstaff's BanishmentNote: The Thompson quotation is from Notes on Shakespeare in Philip Thompson, Dusk a...
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Henry IV, Part I (Series II, Podcast R)
Series II, Podcast R: Henry IV, Part IThree metaphorical heirs to the throne: Hal, Hotspur, FalstaffTwo excessive humors and Plato's three soulsPrince Hal's CharacterQuestions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.com
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Richard II (Series II, Podcast Q)
Series II, Podcast Q: Richard IIChiasmusRight vs. MeritThe Beginning of the Wars of the RosesQuestions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.com
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Richard III (Series II, Podcast P)
Series II, Podcast P: Richard IIIScourge of God"Despair and Die"End of the Wars of the RosesNotes: Two quotations come from Anthony Hammond, Introduction to King Richard III, The Arden Shakespeare (London: Methu...
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Introduction to Shakespeare's History Plays (Series II, Podcast O)
Series II, Podcast O: Introduction to Shakespeare's History PlaysNotes: The Thompson quotations are from “Notes on Shakespeare” in Philip Thompson, Dusk and Dawn: Poems and Prose of Philip Thompson, ed. Gideon Rappaport (Sa...
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What Is a Sonnet For? (Series I, Chapter 11)
Series I, Chapter 11: What Is a Sonnet For?What is a poem?What is a sonnet?Shakespeare's SonnetsDid Shakespeare really mean it?How long did it take him to write one?To whom did he write them?Was Shakespeare gay?<...
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Antony and Cleopatra (Series II, Podcast N)
Series II, Podcast N: Antony and CleopatraRome and EgyptReason and PassionParticulars and the Universal5 Key Lines12 Specific NotesNotes: The Thompson quotation is from Reflections (Literary and Philosoph...
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Macbeth (Series II, Podcast M)
Series II, Podcast M: MacbethA short discussion followed by 9 key lines and 13 specific notes to help in your reading.Note: Biblical quotations are from the Geneva BibleQuestions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.com
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40:15
King Lear (Series II, Podcast L)
Series II, Podcast L: King LearNote: Biblical quotations are from the Geneva BibleQuestions? Email DoctorRap@zoho.com
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31:08
What Kind of Thing Is It? Histories, Romances, Satire (Ser. I, Ch. 10, Sess. 2)
Series I, Chapter 10: What Kind of Thing Is It? Categories of PlaysSession 2: Histories, Romances, SatireHistoriesRomancesOne SatireFalse Category: Problem PlaysNotes: The Halliday quotation is from F.E. Hall...
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What Kind of Thing Is It? Categories of Plays: Tragedies and Comedies (Ser. I, Ch. 10, Sess. 1)
Series I, Chapter 10: What Kind of Thing Is It? Categories of PlaysSession1: Tragedies and ComediesRevenge TragediesDe Casibus TragediesDomestic TragediesComic ReliefNotes: The quotation from Morton Bloomfi...
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