Introduction to Shakespeare

For Home School and Christian School Students

"Shakespeare and Dante are the center of the Canon

because they excel all other Western writers in cognitive acuity,

linguistic energy, and power of invention." *

"Shakespeare is the Canon. He sets the standards and the limits of literature." *

Why Study Literature? #1 (Stories and Human Nature) [RealAudio] [MP3]

Why Study Literature #2 (The Bible and Fiction) [RealAudio] [MP3]

Why Study Shakespeare? #1 (Shakespeare 1. Excellent; 2. Biblical; 3. No Longer Inaccessible) [RealAudio] [MP3]

Why Study Shakespeare? #2 (Two new tools for studying Shakespeare in homeschools!) [RealAudio] [MP3]

Why Study Shakespeare? #3 (Shakespeare and Bible References) [RealAudio] [ MP3]

Why Study Shakespeare? #4 (Shakespeare and Biblical Worldview) [RealAudio] [ MP3]

Why Study Shakespeare? #5 (Biblical Model – Dialogue) [RealAudio] [ MP3]

Why Study Shakespeare? #6 (Biblical Model – Guilt) [RealAudio] [ MP3 ]

Why Study Shakespeare? #7 (Biblical Model – Development) [RealAudio] [ MP3]

Why Study Shakespeare? #8 (Conclusion) [RealAudio] [MP3]

Books Recommended in Talks

Peter J. Leithart, Brightest Heaven of Invention: A Christian Guide To Six Shakespeare Plays

Peter J. Leithart, Heroes Of The City Of Man

Naseb Shaheen, Biblical References in Shakespeare's Plays

Roy Battenhouse, Shakespeare's Christian Dimension: An Anthology of Commentary

Steven Marx, Shakespeare and the Bible

* Both quotations at the top of the page come from Harold Bloom, The Western Canon, pp. 46, 50.