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The Shakespeare scholar, Stephen Greenblatt has called it, “a triumphant vindication of critical self-absorption.” The premise is that every close reader of Shakespeare brings along his, her, or their own life experiences when reading. The book is called Reading Shakespeare Reading Me. So perhaps it’s not a surprise then to learn that Professor Barkan’s new book offers us copious amounts of detail about his own life, and that he lays out all the ways those details correspond to his understanding of the plots and characters in Shakespeare. That pedigree, and his 50 years in the classroom, give him a significant degree of latitude. Leonard Barkan is the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches comparative literature, art history, English, and classics. I’m Michael Witmore, the Folger’s director. MICHAEL WITMORE: In Hamlet, Shakespeare tells us that theater holds a “mirror up to nature.” In a new book, Princeton professor Leonard Barkan tells us that, when he reads Shakespeare, it holds a mirror up to Leonard Barkan.įrom the Folger Shakespeare Library, this is Shakespeare Unlimited. Read an excerpt from Leonard Barkan's new book on our Shakespeare and Beyond blog Previous: Pamela Hutchinson on Asta Nielsen's Hamlet | Next: Shakespeare and Ukraine, with Irena Makaryk We had technical help from Andrew Feliciano and Paul Luke at Voice Trax West in Studio City, California, and Josh Wilcox and Walter Nordquist at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio in New York. This podcast episode, “Who Is It That Can Tell Me What I Am?” was produced by Richard Paul. Reading Shakespeare Reading Me was published by Fordham University Press in 2022.įrom the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast. He is the author of numerous books including The Hungry Eye: Eating, Drinking, and the Culture of Europe from Rome to the Renaissance Michelangelo: A Life on Paper and Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture. Leonard Barkan is the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University. Leonard Barkan on Reading Shakespeare Reading Me.