Emphasis on at all. Is that fair . Director witmore well, i think that politicians are using shakespeares words, whether they know it or not. He invented a lot of words. For example, he invented the word bedroom. So they are going to use a lot of words on the senate floor. I think that shakespeare is kind of in the bloodstream of our culture, and we often get him wrong, but we are close enough that people can hear that connection. Brian lamb we found this fun video on youtube. We dont who the man is, maybe you know the voice . But he does exactly what you talk about, putting quotes together that people dont know are shakespeare. [video clip] if you cannot understand my argument, and declare, it is greek to me, you are quoting shakespeare. If you are saying, it it is more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting shakespeare. If you quote salad days, you are quoting shakespeare. If you act more in sullen than in anger, if you Say Something vanished into thin air, you are quoting shak
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Stephen greenblatt is a literary critic and shakespeare scholar who teaches at harvard. His biography will and the wor ld topped the new yorks best New York Times bestseller list. He speaks about the french essayist michel the montaigne. Pleased to meet you. Why did you write this . Booke central part of this is an addition of a particular translation of montaigne that lets you look over shakespeares shoulder as he was reading. The greatest french writer and the greatest English Writer of the renaissance encountered each other. Shakespeare read montaigne. Montaignepositive never heard of shakespeare. This is a magical, wonderful translation, and a wonderful opportunity that a colleague of mine, peter platt, and i sought to put together, these essays that were central to shakespeare, these translations of montaignes essays. Florio was an interesting character, the son of protestants. Began his life as an italian franciscan, but he
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Stephen greenblatt is a literary critic and shakespeare scholar who teaches at harvard. His biography will and the world topped the New York Times bestseller list. He speaks about the french essayist michel de montaigne. I am pleased to meet you. Why did you write this . The central part of this book is an edition of a particular translation of montaigne that lets you look over shakespeares shoulder as he was reading. The greatest french writer and the greatest English Writer of the renaissance encountered each other. Shakespeare read montaigne. We can be positive montaigne never heard of shakespeare. This is a magical, wonderful translation, and a wonderful opportunity that a colleague of mine, peter platt, and i sought to put together, these essays that were central to shakespeare, these translations of montaignes essays. John florio was an interesting character, the son of protestants. Began his life as an italian franciscan,
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Turning out of politics. President obama and Hillary Clinton were supposed to patch things up at a Marthas Vineyard dinner partner days after she seemingly slammed his orton policy in an interview with atlantic his foreignpolicy. Joining me as david brooks from the new york times. Im pleased to have him here. I know in reading the column that you tend to agree that secretary clinton is more right than president obama on certain points that she has made. Give me the political dimension of this and whether she deliberately said what she said in the atlantic. Was it that machiavellian . I tend to think not. She is someone whos extremely careful about what she says and its a natural thing to want to distance herself from president obama and some regards. He has a 36 approval rating. Vice president s have traditionally distanced themselves. You are running after an administration of your own party so you have to do that dance. She is
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Turning out to politics, president obama and Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, were supposed to patch things up on wednesday at a Marthas Vineyard dinner party. Just days after ms. Clinton slammed the president s foreignpolicy in an interview with atlantic magazine. We will talk about the issue dividing democrats with david brooks. I am pleased to have him here. David, explain to me how you feel about this. I know on reading the column that you tend to agree that secretary clinton is more right than president obama on certain points that she had made. Give me the political dimension of this and whether she deliberately said what she said in the atlantic and understanding the ramifications of it. Was it that machiavellian . I tend to think not. Shes actually careful about what she says. She will want to distance himself from president obama in some regards. It would be foolish not to. It is interesting to watch how V