Shakespeare's Plays

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Shakespeare's early plays are not very good by the standard of his later plays. And what we got, what we see now is the finished version. We didn't see the 200 modifications and edits along the way. There is actually a kind of archaeology in which you learn from play to play. He gets this idea of innovation directly from this gy a marlow, who got it from machiavelli. Prior to that, the church had condemned innovation as what eve had done in eden. That's what satan you know, everything good has already been invented by god. But machiavelli says, no inovation is possible the in of atri, you know

Michael speaks with neuroscientist and literature professor Dr. Angus Fletcher about 25 of the most powerful developments in the history of literature, from ancient Mesopotamia to Elena Ferrante. Fletcher says these literary technologies can alleviate grief, trauma, loneliness, anxiety, numbness, depression, pessimism, and ennui — all while sparking creativity, courage, love, empathy, hope, joy, and positive change. Fletcher is a professor of story science at Ohio State’s Project Narrative, the world’s leading academic think-tank for the study of stories. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.