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Summer School at St Benet's Hall, Oxford
Thursday 27 July to Thursday 3 August 2006
Shakespeare's Secret
Catholic Imagination in Elizabethan England
Tutor: Clare Asquith
author of Shadowplay: The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare
With guest lecturers including Peter Milward SJ, David Skinner, Joseph Milne, Robert Asch
Fr Peter Milward, himself one of the most world-renowned authorities on the Catholic interpretation of Shakepeare and author most recently of Shakespeare the Papist (Sapientia Press, 2005), writes as follows: "The name of Clare Asquith is gradually taking a leading place in a new wave of Shakespearian criticism that has come to characterize the academic world over the past twenty years, a wave that may be traced back to E.A.J. Honigmann's study of Shakespeare, the 'Lost Years'. The distinguished Thomas More scholar John Guy records it as his opinion (printed on the inner jacket of the book) that "Even if only half of Clare Asquith's argument turns out to be correct, she's written the most visceral, challenging, compelling book on Shakespeare's place in history we've had for over twenty years."
Provisional contents
Introduction to Elizabethan England
Introduction to William Shakespeare
Guided Tour of Oxford
Introductory Lecture by Clare Asquith
Excursion to Stratford – to see the RSC's production of The Tempest with Patrick Stewart
The Plays – a series of seminars with opportunities for discussion
Background reading: Clare Asquith on Shakespeare's Hidden Code
An interview with Clare Asquith
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