Guess who’s back?! Ya girls are back with a vengeance - and new theme music! - to dive a little deeper into Much Ado About Nothing! We revisit the rhetorical device of anadiplosis (repetition of endings at the next beginning), and discuss the knotty mess of embodied truth and character backstories in Much Ado. And, of course, it wouldn’t be a proper episode if we didn’t rabbit-hole down a side topic or two. We’re happy to be back!
Love's Labor's Lost 101
It’s the last episode of Season 2 and also our Canon Completion Episode!!! The final Rhetorical Device of the Week is epatheton; the final Burbage Break is about the absent mother trope; we play a new game in honor of the end of the season and the canon called Yearbook Superlatives; we reveal the results of the SAA #DickBracket straw poll (spoilers: academics overthink stuff); finally, we give you a taste of what to look forward to in Season 3. See you in September!
Also here’s the link to that article we gushed about in our Gossip segment.
3 Henry VI 101
In our penultimate episode of Season 2, we check in on the third part of Henry VI, you know…just to see how he’s doing (hint: not great). The FINAL Rhetorical Device of the Week (EVER) is stichomythia; the Burbage Break is all about the amazing online resource, Digital Renaissance Editions; we briefly break down that family tree and summarize the play; we play a new hybrid game of “Jess Fails At Line Roulette” wherein Jess makes an incredible scholarly discovery (literally…in-credible…)! You’ll have to listen to find out what it is! #scatalogicalplays #yourewelcome
Here’s the resource Jess mentioned in the Burbage Break today:
Special Edition - SAA 2019 Debrief
In this episode we debrief on the highlights of our SAA experience. We talk about our favorite papers and presentations, our digital exhibition, all the famous and fabulously dressed scholars we met, and much more. We’re energized with new ideas and scholarship and ready to share it with you!
2 Henry VI 101
Have you wondered lately, “When will Whamlet get back to the thrilling saga of Henry VI?” Wonder no more, because this week we bring you 2 Henry VI 101, the much-anticipated sequel to 1 Henry VI where more people die and the Yorks and Lancasters still totally hate each other. The Rhetorical Device of the Week is prosopopoeia (aka personification); the Burbage Break is all about catch words in early modern printing practices; we (or rather, Richard of York) catch you up on the family tree; Aubrey plays a round of Line Roulette; we shout out some awesome fan mail; and (insert drumroll here) we announce THE WINNER of the #DickBracket. This episode is about as action-packed as Jack Cade’s rebellion and twice as entertaining. #yourewelcome