Pericles: Verse Spaces and Prose Places

In this episode, our hosts Godfred Ogoe and Jim Drake take a deep dive into the plot of Pericles, using an ecocritical lens to think about the play's shifts from verse to prose. They then explore the ways in which the atmospheric and weather shifts that impact the play's environments reveal emotional storms within the characters. This episode features dramatized excerpts from the play.A note on content: This episode includes mention of sex work, incest, and misogyny as well as brief discussions of physical violence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.