Tag: William Shakespeare

Two Vergilian Reminscences? Shakespeare and Dylan

E. J. Hutchinson — November 12, 2025

Two Vergilian Reminscences? Shakespeare and Dylan

Vergil in (maybe) Shakespeare and Dylan.

Titus Andronicus in the Waste Land

E. J. Hutchinson — August 14, 2025

Titus Andronicus in the Waste Land

On T.S. Eliot's creative use of a play he hated in his most famous poem.

Seminary, Deep Comedy, and the Christian Life

Nathan Tarr — June 23, 2025

Seminary, Deep Comedy, and the Christian Life

What hath seminary to do with comedy?

A Political-Theological Defense of the Pardoning Power

Adam Carrington — December 3, 2024

A Political-Theological Defense of the Pardoning Power

Three reasons why the presidential pardoning power is necessary, despite its abuses.

Marx’s Aeschylus

E. J. Hutchinson — October 10, 2024

Marx’s Aeschylus

On Marx reading Aeschylus (in Greek!).

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Romeo and Juliet”

Rhys Laverty — April 26, 2023

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Romeo and Juliet”

Is there a connection between marriage and sanctification in Shakespeare's most famous play?

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Henry V”

Rhys Laverty — April 17, 2023

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Henry V”

King Henry's prayer before the Battle of Agincourt has a distinctly Protestant flavor.

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Love’s Labour’s Lost”

Rhys Laverty — April 6, 2023

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Love’s Labour’s Lost”

Shakespeare's great comedy shows a highly Protestant understanding of marriage and vow-making.

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “1 & 2 Henry IV”

Rhys Laverty — March 31, 2023

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “1 & 2 Henry IV”

Which is more important for a king: ruling the court or ruling the people?

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Merry Wives of Windsor”

Rhys Laverty — March 13, 2023

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Merry Wives of Windsor”

Why can we not bring ourselves to part with Jack Falstaff?