Introduction, or, Is Blank Verse Black?

Robert Stagg

doi:10.1080/17450918.2022.2091652

Introduction, or, Is Blank Verse Black?

Robert Stagg

English, Drama and Creative Studies

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Abstract

This essay introduces the special issue ‘Shakespeare and Versification’, and then turns to think about the colouration and ‘race-making’ of blank verse. Could blank verse be black, and (how) can we think about questions of race in prosody?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	279-287
Number of pages	9
Journal	Shakespeare
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17450918.2022.2091652
Publication status	Published - 8 Sept 2022

Keywords

Race
colour
blank verse
black
white
ethnicity
premodern critical racestudies
versification
prosody
metre/meter

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