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Professor Helen Cooper, University of Cambridge, speaks about the continuities between the Romance of the middle ages and Shakespeare's plays. She looks at textual features from his plays (including King Lear) which may indicate his influences.

Date Published: 12 April 2012
Contributors:
Helen Cooper
In Collection(s): William Shakespeare
Keywords:
shakespeare, medieval, romance, influences, sources, #greatwriters
Source:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Cite: Shakespeare and Medieval Romance by Helen Cooper at http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/shakespeare-medieval-romance. Published on 12 April 2012. Accessed on 21 December 2024.

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