Thank you to Sean Keilen for introducing As You Like It.
Sean Keilen is Professor of Literature and Director of Shakespeare Workshop at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is the author of Vulgar Eloquence: On the Renaissance Invention of English Literature (Yale 2006) and an editor of The Forms of Renaissance Thought: New Essays in Literature and Culture(Palgrave 2009), as well as ten volumes of Shakespeare criticism, Shakespeare: The Critical Complex (Garland 1999). In 2017, he published The Routledge Research Companion to Shakespeare and Classical Literature with Nick Moschovakis. Professor Keilen’s research has been supported by the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Humanities Center, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Huntington Library.
Many thanks to my friend Joey Bianco of Whim Wham for the animated video elements.
Wow, that was the MOST amazing introduction! How marvelous that you likened it to the current political atmosphere-I definitely have never thought of parallel to refugees, and will certainly read it with that in mind this time. You truly anchored this play in a way I didn’t expect, which I thank you greatly for!
What a fabulous, comprehensive introduction!! So much to think about and appreciate. This intro highlights how contemporary / relevant Shakespeare is ! Love it, Thank you Professor Keilen.
What a terrific intro! Thank you so much.
Excellent introduction! He’s made it contemporary with references to free speech and refuges.
Thnak you,
Revelatory!
Excellent. Best so far. I’m a little ahead and had already read the play but Sean Keilen’s intro was so thought provoking I’m going to have to read it again. Which will not be a chore! Many thanks!!!!
I wholeheartedly agree with the comments made by others above. Wonderful and thorough introduction–and one that frames the play in very contemporary terms. Looking forward to revisiting the play with these thoughts in mind…Thank you, Professor Keilen!
A very thought provoking introduction.