Twitter hashtag: #cc12months
All right, clubbers! Today starts our Twelve Months of Classic Literature Event with William Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
This month we encourage you to read Shakespeare’s play(s) and/or poems, read books about Shakespeare, or read works by and about his contemporaries (Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson, Edmund Spenser, Queen Elizabeth I, etc.)
Ideas for works on this month’s topic here, here, and here.
This Shakespeare Event is for the current month, but honestly, you can contribute thoughts and post links to the comments below whenever you write them. The purpose of this event is to have a central place to share our viewpoints on the topic.
We want to know what you read and what you think about this topic, but we don’t want to research for you. We’re excited to see how this club shapes this month’s topic. We’re a great mix of experts and new readers. We want to encourage you all to share and explore. Use the links above to get started.
Even if you don’t have time to read for the event this month, you could post about the titles you have on your club list that pertain to this month’s topic, write an informative post for fellow clubbers on the topic, or talk about why you didn’t include any titles from the topic on your club list. Feature an author! Write a poem! Explore classic art that accentuates the literature. It’s your event. Research-based posts, free-writing, emotion-based “I love this topic” journal entries, lists – all are welcome and encouraged. Some of you may be experts (or experts in progress) on this month’s topic. Your input is highly encouraged and appreciated! Others are new to literature. For you and the experts, exploration is encouraged.
Please see our main event page for details.
So, are you in? What will you be reading/writing? 🙂
Cheers, and a very happy reading and writing month to you! – The Club
The Classics Club 
A bit late, sorry. Here’s Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta review.
http://half-filledattic.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-jew-of-malta-jew-demonized.html
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Hi~ I’m new to the blogging party, but here’s my post of general thoughts on Shakespeare–
http://strangebookfellows.blogspot.com/2014/01/lets-talk-about-shakespeare.html
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Here’s my post on Richard III. So much evil scheming, so little time! http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/01/richard-iii.html
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Here’s my review of Coriolanus http://klasikfanda.blogspot.com/2014/01/coriolanus.html. Although it is about a Roman general, Shakespeare had the idea for the plot from a contemporary event in early 17th century.
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My take on the Shakespeare question
http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/twelve-months-of-classic-literature.html
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Hurrah – I have read Kenilworth so I can review that – perfect timing and first book down! It was going to be Waverley, but that wasn’t the one we have… http://menainewbould.tumblr.com/post/67072361852/classics-club
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Wrapped up my first month in my year-long reading of Shakespeare’s works. Read Richard III, The Tempest and Measure for Measure. My thoughts on each are here: http://tattycover.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/january-shakespeare-wrap-up/.
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Here’s my post on The Winter’s Tale. Now I’m reading Richard III!
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Perhaps I should include the link: http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-winters-tale.html
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I just read Richard III and loved it. He just kept outdoing himself with his evilness.Just when I thought he couldn’t get any worse, he’d surprise me.
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Here’s my post on Shakespeare’s Restless World by Neil McGregor – http://www.booksplease.org/2014/01/22/shakespeares-restless-world-by-neil-macgregor/
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I’ve done a post of my thoughts here
http://ageeksbookshelf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/classics-club-event-shakespeare-in.html
I’m in the process of reading a book with Shakespeare as a main character
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Hamlet!
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I’m planning to read The Winter’s Tale!
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I will be reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream for this month.
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I’m reading Neil MacGregor’s book: Shakespeare’s Restless World, bringing the Elizabethan world to life by examining a number of physical objects, I’m also planning to read A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro.
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Hullo! I wrote a post on tackling Shakespeare’s language, if any of you need any advice/help/encouragement. (http://ravens-and-writingdesks.blogspot.com/2014/01/shakespeares-language.html)
I’ll be joining in later in the month with Othello or Henry V or both… haven’t decided yet.
Oooh… I might also read a couple of sonnets… hmm…
Happy New Year!
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I will be participating this month. I plan on some Shakespeare and Marlowe. I think I will focus on their poetry and maybe one play each.
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This is great and fits in with my year with the Bard–reading all of Shakespeare’s works this year. On my list for January: Measure for Measure, The Tempest and Richard II. I’ll be reading Measure for Measure for the classic read-a-thon this weekend:-)
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I have been absent from the Classics Club recently, and I do need to re-write my list. This sounds interesting as I have been dying to read some of Queen Elizabeth I’s poetry and speeches again.
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Ohh! This sounds fun! I have ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Hamlet’ on my reading list.
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