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Considers climate and landscape in Tempest in relation to human-caused climate change, the little ice age, and extractive colonial practices.
Argues for the importance of using queer theory to teach Shakespeare. Shows how in King John, "Arthur is queered."
Considers recent stage and film productions of Hamlet, focusing on the casting of Fortinbras. Explores implications of Ghost/Fortinbras doubling. Suggests that focusing on Fortinbras in the classroom opens the play to multiple interpretations.
Suggests that metaphor and poetry, particularly about the natural world and faith, function alchemically in Winter's Tale.
Collection of poetry, including "Letter SycoraX."
Shows how C. L. R. James's talk at the 1968 Cultural Congress of Havana positioned "Caliban as a Black Marxist figure that embodies the commitment to intellectual self-destruction," which spawned a number of Caribbean Calibans, including Aimé Césaire's Une Tempête, (Edward) Kamau Brathwaite's poem "Caliban," Roberto Fernández Retamar's essay "Calibán: Apuntes sobre la cultura en nuestra América" (q.v. all).
English summary, 59.
Suggests in Othello, Shakespeare "locates politico-theological meaning within intimate experiences," emphasizing individual and personal power above state power. Consider's Othello's jealousy in terms of Judeo-Christian morality and marriage tradition.
Suggests that King Lear presents Qur'anic values where morality "triumphs in the end." Focuses on father-child relationships. English summary, 1-2.
Describes reading of Tempest by CantieriMeticci, a theatre group from Bologna, and how actors dealt with major ideas like ghettos, slavery, and colonialism. English summary, 518.
Shows how ʿArār's poetry condemns twentieth-century Jordanian userers as "Shylock's group" and uses references to Shylock to denounce Zionism and Western colonialism. English summary, 319.