Seminar No. 4.2.

Title: Venice and English Identity in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries.

Leaders:

David C. McPherson (University of New Mexico, USA)
J.R. Mulryne (University of Warwick, UK)

Participants:

Juliette Cunico (University of New Mexico)
Celia Daileader (University of Alabama)
Jason Gleckman (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Paul Harvey (Osaka University)
Maurice Hunt (Baylor University)
Fritz Levy (University of Washington)
Joseph Woolwich (Independent Scholar, UK)

Abstract:

Though in decline by the end of the sixteenth century, Venice and the myths and stereotypes attached to it continued to
exercise a fascination for English commentators and playwrights. This seminar will centre on the ways in which English
writers explored English identities by using various stereotypes of Venice.