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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.1739 Thursday, 13 October 2005 From: Lisa, Hsiutien Shen <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Thursday, 13 Oct 2005 03:54:26 +0800 Subject: Questions on Festivity, esp. on Twelfth Night! I am not an English native speaker, and I apologize if my questions' shallow or stupid. These days I am stuck in some questions while reading for an important essay. The following are my recent readings on the topic: Barber, C. L. Shakespeare's Festive Comedy-A Study of Dramatic Form and Its Relation to Social Custom. New York: Princeton UP, 1959. Bristol, Michael D. Carnival and Theater: Plebeian Culture and the Structure of Athority in Renaissance England. London: Loutledge, 1989. Mangan, Michael. A Preface to Shakespeare's Comedies: 1594-1603. New York: Longman, 1996. I am interested in the comic elements or strategies in Shakespeare's comedies, especially the developed comedies like Twelfth Night. After all, why are they laughable? I found the festival originality in Shakespeare's comedies, and wondered if this festivity has something to do with Carnival (Bakhtin's idea). I wondered how the two (festivity & carnival) correlated? The above books make me confused with their critical stance, Shakespeare's comedy is subversive or not? And dose my inferring make any sense? Thank you for any replies. Lisa Shen _______________________________________________________________ S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List Hardy M. Cook,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net> DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the editor assumes no responsibility for them.
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.1738 Thursday, 13 October 2005 From: Robert Projansky <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Wednesday, 12 Oct 2005 14:44:37 -0700 Subject: Request: Please ID Post to Which You Are Responding I have a request of the membership: I for one would very much appreciate it if, when you quote a prior posting (or a portion thereof) to which you are responding, you would also identify the quotee. Thank you, Bob Projansky _______________________________________________________________ S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List Hardy M. Cook,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net> DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the editor assumes no responsibility for them.
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.1737 Thursday, 13 October 2005 From: Jim Harner <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Wednesday, 12 Oct 2005 08:15:11 -0500 Subject: World Shakespeare Bibliography Online Updated Version 20053 of the World Shakespeare Bibliography Online is now live. Coverage extends from 1963 through mid-2005 in more than 105,000 entries. Users can search newly-added entries by selecting '20053' in the Version pull-down menu in the Advanced Search screen. I urge all SHAKSPERIANS to send along details of new publications so that we don't inadvertently overlook books/articles/reviews/etc. in the next update (December/January). Jim Harner _______________________________________________________________ S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List Hardy M. Cook,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net> DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the editor assumes no responsibility for them.
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.1736 Wednesday, 12 October 2005 From: Hardy M. Cook <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 Subject: Request from the Editor: Daily Limit on Submissions Dear SHAKSPEReans: For years, some members of the SHAKSPER Advisory Board have recommended that list members be limited in the number of submissions they make in a day or even a week. For a number of reasons that I do not wish to explain at this time, I am formally requesting that SHAKSPER members limit their submissions to one or two carefully selected posts per day. Thank you for your cooperation, Hardy M. Cook Owner/Editor/Moderator of SHAKSPER _______________________________________________________________ S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List Hardy M. Cook,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The S H A K S P E R Webpage <http://www.shaksper.net> DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the editor assumes no responsibility for them.
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.1735 Wednesday, 12 October 2005 [1] From: Arnie Perlstein <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Monday, 10 Oct 2005 09:07:03 -0400 Subj: Portia's Mysterious Letter [2] From: JD Markel <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Monday, 10 Oct 2005 11:20:31 -0700 (PDT) Subj: Re: SHK 16.1726 Portia's Mysterious Letter [1]----------------------------------------------------------------- From: Arnie Perlstein <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Monday, 10 Oct 2005 09:07:03 -0400 Subject: Portia's Mysterious Letter >"The limited embargo upon Antonio's ships through the influence of his >affiliations is a part of the plan put forward by Bassanio for putting >pressure upon Antonio. It is by such means that a court ruling will decide >upon the property of Shylock rather than the state bureaucracy." I am ignorant of the history that you refer to in your post regarding the Nasi family and Venetian law, but I am glad to see that you share my belief that the disappearance of Antonio's ships was not accidental. It's fascinating to then see how such an insight can support two interpretations which then diverge. You see Shylock doing this in furtherance of a goal that is hinted at in the text, I see Shylock doing this in furtherance of the very goal he has explicitly articulated several times (i.e., revenge). But I suspect that Shakespeare would be pleased to see people taking the ball and running with it in these different directions, because I am convinced that his paramount goal was to make his audience feel, to (as Ingmar Bergman used to say of his own artistry as a filmmakers) to "touch" the audience, and also, complementarily, to inspire his audience to think outside the box. Arnie Perlstein Weston, Florida [2]------------------------------------------------------------- From: JD Markel <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Monday, 10 Oct 2005 11:20:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: 16.1726 Portia's Mysterious Letter Comment: Re: SHK 16.1726 Portia's Mysterious Letter Speaking of mysterious letters, since my relatively recent subscription to SHAKSPER, and the posting of my e-mail address on its pages, I receive Nigerian Bank Scam spam in enormous amount. And in a multitude of versions - from Eastern Europe, UK, East Asia, and other African countries. None of the other usual spam. No Cialis/viagra spam, none from overseas prescription drug brokers, no cheap ocean cruise offers, no discount ink cartridges, no discount anything. Just multi-million dollar bank transfer offers. From this I must conclude the internet worms collecting spam targets recognize that SHAKSPERians are a wealthy lot with expendable risk capital and suffer not chronic disease nor sexual dysfunction. Glad to be here! _______________________________________________________________ S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List Hardy M. Cook,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net> DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the editor assumes no responsibility for them.