This lecture is presented with the support of the ACCAC Distinguished Lecturers Program |
Peter HollandMcMeel Family Professor in Shakespeare Studies, University of Notre Dame Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
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The book we know as the First Folio wasn’t given that title by the two Shakespeare colleagues who posthumously published his plays in 1623. Its formal name, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, is more functional, laying out genres for the 36 collected plays – like a TV channel offering varying types of movies.
Peter Holland, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Shakespeare, examines the choice and significance of the volume’s title. What was behind it? How does thinking about genre help us understand how the plays work?
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