Chris Fitter begins the event with opening remarks at the “Rethinking Shakespeare in the Social Depths of Politics” conference, held at the Huntington Library on April 17-18, 2015. Fitter is Professor of English at Rutgers University, Camden.

Rethinking Shakespeare in the Social Depths of Politics

Opening Remarks by Chris Fitter

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