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Shakespeare II: Non-Elites and the Nation

Session 8 - Sunday 2:45-4:15pm
Henry Hall 225
Presiding Officer: 
Bill Gahan
Session Chair (if other than PO): 
Rebecca Munson
  1. Julius Caesar ‘s Young Lucius: The Child’s Role in Serving the Body Politic. Carol Downey, Claremont Graduate University

    In the absence of the rebellious plebs, particularly in acts two and four, the presence of the servant child, Lucius, keeps the audience mindful of the moral and political duties owed to the most vulnerable members of the commonwealth.

  2. Falstaff and Rebellion’s Compass. Spencer Wall, University of Utah

    I chart the relationship between political rebellion and creative cartography in 1 Henry IV. Hotspur’s rebellious alliance provides the play’s primary site for cartographic and political transgression, but Falstaff is repeatedly presented in similar terms of cartographic instability.

Session Type: 
Standing Session
Session Status: 
Closed