{"id":2560,"date":"2013-04-19T01:02:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T07:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2013-04-19T01:02:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T07:02:57","slug":"shakespeare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/art\/writing\/shakespeare\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Harold Bloom<\/h2>\n<p>Here is Harold Bloom&#8217;s April 20, 20112 presentation at Yale University, where he expounds on Yahweh, Hamlet, Cleopatra, Falstaff, being and the Bard of Avon. This was a culminating lecture of &#8220;Shakespeare at Yale&#8221; a term-long Shakespeare festival.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4TzzWi5kPnA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Gender in Shakespeare<\/h2>\n<p>Charlie Rose&#8217;s 1998 interview with Harold Bloom, of Yale, illustrates Shakespeare&#8217;s treatment of men and women. 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