Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited

Groundbreaking Discovery: John Milton's Copy of Shakespeare


Listen Later

In September, the world of literary scholarship got some big news. It was discovered that a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio, housed in the Free Library of Philadelphia, once belonged to John Milton, author of Paradise Lost. The First Folio contains what experts now widely believe to be Milton’s notes on Shakespeare, in his own handwriting. Suddenly, we can read what one of the greatest English language poets was thinking as he engaged with Shakespeare’s plays. The connection was made by Cambridge University’s Jason Scott-Warren. Scott-Warren was reading an essay by Penn State’s Claire M.L. Bourne about this copy of the First Folio when the handwriting in the notes started to look familiar. Shortly afterward, Bourne got a direct message from Scott-Warren on Twitter: “Can I run something by you?” We talk to Bourne and Scott-Warren about what this discovery means, how technology (including Twitter) has changed their work, and what’s next. Dr. Claire M. L. Bourne is an assistant professor of English at Penn State University. Dr. Jason Scott-Warren is a College Lecturer and Director of Studies in English at Cambridge University in England. They were interviewed by Barbara Bogaev. From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast. Published October 1, 2019. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, “We Shall Jointly Labor,” was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster. Ben Lauer is the web producer. We had technical help from Andrew Feliciano and Paul Luke at VoiceTrax West in Studio City, California; Craig Johnson at WPSU public radio in State College, Pennsylvania; and K. J. Thorarinsson at KJ’s Sound Studio in Cambridge, England.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare UnlimitedBy Folger Shakespeare Library

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

802 ratings


More shows like Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited

View all
The Book Review by The New York Times

The Book Review

3,878 Listeners

The LRB Podcast by The London Review of Books

The LRB Podcast

290 Listeners

In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,425 Listeners

History Extra podcast by Immediate Media

History Extra podcast

3,202 Listeners

In Our Time: History by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time: History

1,877 Listeners

In Our Time: Culture by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time: Culture

605 Listeners

Arts & Ideas by BBC Radio 4

Arts & Ideas

294 Listeners

World Book Club by BBC World Service

World Book Club

374 Listeners

Backlisted by Backlisted

Backlisted

590 Listeners

London Review Bookshop Podcast by London Review Bookshop

London Review Bookshop Podcast

128 Listeners

The History of Literature by Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate

The History of Literature

1,109 Listeners

The TLS Podcast by The TLS

The TLS Podcast

186 Listeners

Approaching Shakespeare by Oxford University

Approaching Shakespeare

335 Listeners

Gone Medieval by History Hit

Gone Medieval

1,834 Listeners

Close Readings by London Review of Books

Close Readings

69 Listeners