I particularily liked his short but very explicit criticism of postmodernism in the end of the lecture. This is a professor who is able to show his students how Shakespeare can help to have a richer and more meaningful life. Modern scholarship on "As you like it" seems to focus solely on gender and ecofeminism. Here I listened to a professor speak about eros, poetic love, prosaic love, courtship, virtue and agency.
Quite engaging n enlightening as he always textually substantiates his readings/signifieds. Fond of textual details which is quite fascinating.God bless you.
Such great insight! Thanks for these. I only wish that when you quote the actual lines from Shakespeare you would not rush them and garble them. I know people may be following along in their books, but still!!
Now that Silvius is ready to be rejected he's called a jerk; had he continued to press Phebe to gain her consent he would have been called a molester... it's tough to be a man and get respect 😕
Had Silvius treated Phoebe as "Ganymede" did, which is to basically tell her she's not all that but luckily for her Silvius would still have her, she probably would have been soaking wet for him. Shakespeare I think recognises here that women hate being simped and fawned over.
