Spotlight
April 23, 2008
From Ralph Waldo Emerson to Harold Bloom, writers and literary critics from throughout Atlantic history analyze and pay tribute to the Bard.
The Singularity of Shakespeare
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare (September 1904)
An Atlantic founder recalls to "the most robust and potent thinker that ever was." By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Case for Oxford (October 1991)
Were the works of Shakespeare actually written by the Earl of Oxford? By Tom Bethell
The Case for Shakespeare (October 1991)
A counter-argument. By Irvin Matus
The Ghost's Vocabulary (October 1991)
How a computer listens for Shakespeare's "voiceprint." By Edward Dolnick
Sonnet 116: An Essay (October 1999)
An exposition of Shakespeare's "marriage of true minds" sonnet, with links to audible poetry readings. By Linda Gregerson
Ranting Against Cant (July 2003)
Harold Bloom, a staunch defender of the Western literary tradition, returns to Shakespeare, "the true multicultural author." By Jennie Rothenberg Gritz
Would Shakespeare Get Into Swarthmore? (March 2004)
How several well-known writers (and the Unabomber) would fare on the new SAT. By John Katzman, Andy Lutz, and Eric Olson
Shakespeare in Love, or Context (December 2004)
If society creates art, as Stephen Greenblatt believes, then why was Shakespeare's achievement so singular? By Cristina Nehring
Shakespeare Unleashed (December 2006)
Ron Rosenbaum, author of The Shakespeare Wars, on releasing the "infinite energies" within Shakespeare's words. By Jennie Rothenberg Gritz
