Tag Archives: Harold Bloom

2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: Romeo & Juliet

Posted on March 3, 2026 by sheila

My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Romeo & Juliet The play starts with a … Continue reading →

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“What a writer asks of his reader is not so much to like as to listen.” — poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Posted on February 27, 2026 by sheila

“He suffered excessive popularity; he has now suffered three quarters of a century of critical neglect.” – Michael Schmidt, Lives of the Poets Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on this day in 1807, in Portland, Maine. He was the first … Continue reading →

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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: Love’s Labour’s Lost

Posted on February 23, 2026 by sheila

My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost It’s been a long time since I’ve read … Continue reading →

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“Never write from your head; write from your cock.” — Wystan Hugh Auden

Posted on February 21, 2026 by sheila

W.H. Auden was born on this day in York, England, 1907. I first encountered Auden in my “Humanities” class, senior year in high school. I got a lot out of that class, and I remember we analyzed Auden’s famous most-anthologized … Continue reading →

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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: The Comedy of Errors

Posted on February 10, 2026 by sheila

My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors My aunt Regina was in a production of The Boys from … Continue reading →

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“For I, the chiefest lamp of all the earth…” — Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine

Posted on February 6, 2026 by sheila

Maybe this is him. I’m armed with more than complete steel, The justice of my quarrel. — Christopher Marlowe, Lust’s Dominion. Act iii. Sc. 4. Playwright, poet, prodigy, agent in Her Majesty’s secret service: the incomparable Christopher Marlowe was born … Continue reading →

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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: Titus Andronicus

Posted on February 4, 2026 by sheila

My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus This is body horror at its most horrible. This is the play featuring the following … Continue reading →

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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: The Taming of the Shrew

Posted on February 2, 2026 by sheila

My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew A popular one, but a tough one! There are elements in Petruchio and Katherina’s dynamic which we … Continue reading →

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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Posted on January 31, 2026 by sheila

To continue: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Scholars have been trying to justify and/or explain or even make SENSE of the last two pages of The Two Gentlemen of Verona for 400 years. … Continue reading →

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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: Rose Rage

Posted on January 27, 2026 by sheila

… or: the three Henry VIs and Richard III Life is very very hard right now. Unprecedentedly hard on all fronts. And so I wanted a “hard” reading project this year. By hard, I mean, something involved that requires a … Continue reading →

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