BALDWIN: "WHY I STOPPED HATING SHAKESPEARE" Today (August 2) is James Baldwin's birthday. He once wrote an essay called "Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare": "found in The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings (public library)," in which he describes how certain lines in Julius Caesar became his point of access for a more sympathetic reading of Shakespeare. Here is Maria Popova at Brain Pickings , doing what she does best, and sending such gems our way: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/11/11/james-baldwin-shakespeare-language-poetry/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Originally posted around the week of 8/2/18 on LinkedIn ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links to a description of my book project: On LinkedIn : https://lnkd.in/eJGBtqV On this blog : https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/05/hamlets-bible-my-book-project-im.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Shakespeare #Literature #LiteraryCr...
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