Frances E. Dolan discusses “‘Know Your Food’: Titus Andronicus and the Local”. Dolan is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Davis. This talk was included in the session titled, “Women, Labor, and Food Production”.

Rethinking Shakespeare in the Social Depths of Politics

“Know your food”: Titus Andronicus and the Local

The “new social history” has exploded the myth that Shakespeare’s society comprised a culture of obedience. Repositioning his works in the popular politics of his period, social historians and literary critics reassess Shakespeare’s presentation of power and authority.

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Rethinking Shakespeare in the Social Depths of Politics