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Contends Shakespeare's sonnets "hold not only the soul of The Bard himself but also his identity." Presents Shakespeare's sonnets through lens of monument theory, which posits Edward de Vere wrote sonnets in honor of Henry Wriothesley.
Studies Shakespeare's works for insights into Shakespeare's biography, considering dramatic characters and their representation of various characteristics of Shakespeare's own personality.
Joins studies in ecology, science, literary forms, and material texts to examine evolving notions of nature, poetic language and printed texts in early modern England. Studies early modern gardening manuals, as well as poetic texts with titles that describe themselves as flowers, gardens, and forests. Argues both kinds of texts reflect "distinctive style of early modern plant-thinking, one that understood both plants and poems as composites of small pieces—slips or seeds to be recirculated by readers and planters." Considers references to small plants in Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare's sonnets.
Investigates "implicit dialogue" between two exhibitions, First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare, on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library and Time's Pencil: Shakespeare After the Folio, hosted concurrently by University of Oregon in 2016. Argues both exhibitions "illustrate divergent approaches" to engaging public in "questions of literary and historical value." English summary, online.
Discusses 2016 exhibition entitled Shakespeare in the North, produced by Library of the Literary and Philosophical Society in Newcastle upon Tyne. Situates Shakespeare's meaning in the North of England, and investigates how curated exhibitions like Shakespeare in the North influences "our assumptions about the location of cultural capital." English summary, online.
Discusses British and American ballet companies' commemorations of Shakespeare with anniversary festivals. Focuses on 1964 Royal Ballet marking 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth and 2016 Birmingham Royal Ballet marking 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Considers especially "tensions which have emerged over how to remember and celebrate Shakespeare across different artistic modes of expression." English summary, online.
Examines "complexities and contradictions" of Shakespeare Lives in China program during 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in 2016. Considers how British Council placed "special emphasis" on China during program and how Shakespeare was constructed interculturally throughout process. English summary, online.
Explores Bibliotheca Alexandrina's Shakespeare400 celebrations in Egypt and asserts that other cultural institutions can use Bibliotheca Alexandrina as model for how to produce successful commemorative events. Investigates why, despite its successes in commemorating Shakespeare, Bibliotheca Alexandrina omitted Antony and Cleopatra when play is situated in same geographical locale. English summary, online.
Explores Shakespeare 450 in 2014, year of celebrating Shakespeare's 450th birthday and quatercentenary of his death in France. Provides overview of "organisation and events of Shakespeare 450, placing them in the context of the long history of Shakespearean reception and performance in France." English summary, online.