The Classic English Literature Podcast

"You taught me language": Shakespeare's The Tempest

April 07, 2024 M. G. McDonough Season 1 Episode 63
The Classic English Literature Podcast
"You taught me language": Shakespeare's The Tempest
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For our (probably) final episode on Shakespeare's plays, we sail through The Tempest, a late romance which has attracted historical and psychoanalytical interpretations, but stands out for many readers as perhaps a play in which a version of Shakespeare himself appears as the protagonist.  

Audio clip from The Tempest ; 2004 Naxos AudioBooks.  Taken from The Internet Archive

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(Cont.) "You taught me language": Shakespeare's The Tempest
(Cont.) "You taught me language": Shakespeare's The Tempest

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