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Shakespeare’s Heroes

Synopsis
Video of the second lecture by Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA on how Shakespeare’s imagination was inspired by classical antiquity. Bate discusses how Shakespeare’s conception of the hero was shaped by Virgil’s The Aeneid but also examines the Bard’s scepticism about the heroic ideal as seen in Hamlet and Troilus and Cressida.
Series
Classic Shakespeare
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Notes
Recorded at the Museum of London. A transcript of the lecture can be downloaded from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/classic-shakespeare/
Subjects
Literature; Shakespeare
Keywords
ancient Rome

Online availability

URI
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/shakespeares-heroes
Delivery
Streamed/Download

Credits

Contributor
Jonathan Bate

Production Company

Name

Gresham College

Email
enquiries@gresham.ac.uk
Web
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone
020 7831 0575
Fax
020 7831 5208
Address
Barnard’s Inn Hall
Holborn
London EC1N 2HH
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