Shakes Of Thrones
Dr. Jeffrey R. Wilson, author of Shakespeare and Trump, now has a much more fun book to talk about, Shakespeare and Game of Thrones! Joining us in the discussion are Dr. Kavita Mudan Finn, a professor and scholar of\xa0medieval and early modern literature, and Senior Editor at The Public Medievalist; and\xa0Dr. Shiloh Carroll, whose book Medievalism in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones was published by Boydell & Brewer in 2018, and who's also the associate editor of Slayage, the journal of the Whedon Studies Association.\xa0Featuring tips on engaging with Shakespeare the same way we engage with more pop culturey things like Game of Thrones; mutual inspiration from the Wars of the Roses; some helpful publishing tips; playing \u201cMarry/F/Kill: The Shakespeare Edition\u201d; thinking of fan-fiction as \u201ctransformative fiction;\u201d thoughts on proposed casting for the Games of Thrones sequels; full-circle influences; proposals for future long-form interpretations of Shakespeare\u2019s plays; and which fans we\u2019re most afraid of: Shakespeare\u2019s or George R.R. Martin\u2019s. (Length 21:27)