{"product_id":"lessons-from-shakespeares-classroom-9781032384078","title":"Lessons from Shakespeares Classroom","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume explores the relationship between the emphasis on performance in Elizabethan humanist education and the flourishing of literary brilliance around the turn of the sixteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study asks us what lessons we can learn today from Shakespeare's Latin grammar school. What were the cognitive benefits of an education so deeply rooted in what Demosthenes and Quintilian called actioacting? Because of the vast difference between educational practice then and now, we have not often followed one essential thread: the focus on performance. This study examines the connections relevant to the education offered in schools today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great interest to teachers, scholars, and administrators in performing arts and education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''I guarantee that \u003ci\u003eLessons from Shakespeare's Classroom \u003c\/i\u003ewill be the most surprising, most readable learning you will do all year, and that you will laugh out loud in every chapter. Zwounds!—hie thee to these pages most expeditiously.'' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eric Booth\u003c\/strong\u003e, Actor and author of \"\u003cem\u003eThe Everyday Work of Art\u003c\/em\u003e,\" \"\u003cem\u003eThe Music Teachers' Bible\u003c\/em\u003e,\" \"\u003cem\u003ePlaying for Their Lives\u003c\/em\u003e,\" and \"\u003cem\u003eTending the Perennials\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Robin Lithgow has done anyone interested in Shakespeare or education (and more particularly those of us interested in \u003ci\u003eboth \u003c\/i\u003eShakespeare \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eeducation) a great service with her book. By detailing the classical grounding of Shakespeare’s writing she shows us the great tradition of which we are a part; a tradition that expands in its inclusivity as the world changes and evolves. This tradition is the \"fertile soil\" that contributed to the brilliance of Shakespeare’s generation and lights a path for our own. It is truly an \"education for the benefit of the commonwealth,\" which we perhaps need now more than ever.'' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouis Fantasia, \u003c\/strong\u003eArtistic Associate, Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Lithgow’s book reanimates the Erasmian spirit of teaching in all the best ways: it’s artfully copious, humanely conversational, and models throughout a witty flair for drama. Her students were fortunate; now we are, too.''\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott Newstok\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Think like Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTimeline\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCast of Characters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Time Travel: Setting the scene\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Engagement before Information: Instruction in both colloquial and rhetorical language in Elizabethan schools\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Angels and Eaglets: Schoolboy actors set the scene\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Good Behavior and Audacity: The training up of Elizabethan schoolboys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. The Lego Snap of Learning: Research in arts education and neuroscience \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Context: The Hatch and Brood of Time: A brief history of the English Reformation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Erasmus’ Egg: His life and his works in support of performing arts in education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. The Delightful Mulcaster: Playmaking schoolmasters in Tudor England\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Per Quam Figuram? Rhetoric in Shakespeare’s classroom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Erasmus Writes Colloquies: Classroom training in Latin conversation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11. The Little Eyases: Professional boy actors in the 16th century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix I: Performing the Colloquies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamples of Erasmus’ Colloquies in Latin and English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProci and puellae (Courtship)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNaufragium (The Shipwreck)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUxor (Marriage)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbattis et eruditae (The Abbot and the Learned Woman)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHerilia (A Master’s Commands)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix II: Selection of Educational Drama Resources for Teachers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019020599639,"sku":"9781032384078","price":33.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032384078.jpg?v=1750779060","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lessons-from-shakespeares-classroom-9781032384078","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}