Bogaev, Barbara. “Shakespeare and the Ocean, with Steve Mentz.” Shakespeare Unlimited, episode 217, 29 August 2023. Mp3, 33:18.
Today, we sail the seven seas with Shakespeare. In addition to being a dedicated swimmer, Steve Mentz is a professor at St. John’s University. His books, including 2009’s At the Bottom of Shakespeare’s Ocean, connect literary criticism with marine ecology. Mentz talks with Barbara Bogaev about Shakespeare’s oceanic metaphors, how much Shakespeare really knew about the ocean, and what plays like The Tempest, King Lear, and Twelfth Night can teach us as we face rising sea levels and more destructive storms. (Source: Folger Shakespeare Library)
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