Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 11:30 AM – 1 PM EDT

Bradd Shore, Goodrich C. White Professor of Anthropology Emeritus

“And the Flesh Was Made Word: Romeo and Juliet in the Kingdom of Cratylus”

Attendees will enjoy a fresh look at Romeo and Juliet through an anthropologist’s eyes.  Tracing the play’s links to Plato’s Cratylus, the talk considers Juliet’s famous question “What’s in a Name” as the heart of Shakespeare’s dazzling reflection on the relations between love and language.  This unexpected perspective on the world’s most famous love story is adapted from Bradd’s forthcoming book, Shakespeare and the Play of Great Ideas.