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As You Like It

Approaching Shakespeare by Oxford University

Oct 23, 201249:06Education

Asking 'what happens in As You Like It', this lecture considers the play's dramatic structure and its ambiguous use of pastoral, drawing on performance history, genre theory, and eco-critical approaches.

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