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Shakespeare, Rome, and the American Republic

Lecture given at the University of Ohio. Lecture

Reality Czech: Tom Stoppard Discovers Shakespeare behind the Iron Curtain

Tom Stoppard's Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth offers fresh evidence of the universality of Shakespeare's genius. Essay

William Shakespeare and the Roots of Western Civilization

If Shakespeare's plays constitute some of the great monuments of Western civilization, one reason is that they are deeply rooted in its grand traditions. Lecture

Libertarian Literary and Media Criticism: Essays in Memory of Paul A. Cantor

Essays in honor of Paul Cantor—this volume applies libertarian philosophy and free-market economic theory to both literature and media, from early modern drama to novels to comic books, cinema, and television series. Book

"A Soldier and Afeard": Macbeth and The Gospelling of Scotland

Paul Cantor's groundbreaking analysis of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Essay

Pop Culture & Tragic Heroes

Titus & Paul Cantor, America's eminent Shakespearian, talk movies, TV shows, & tragedy. From Godfather to Breaking Bad, from Aristotle to Mark Twain, we talk about how to understand pop culture & how to understand America's great love affair with tragic heroes (now called anti-heroes). Podcast

Deadwood

Titus & Paul Cantor talk about David Milch's most famous achievement, Deadwood--the movie & the TV show both: A lawless, but orderly vision of America. An America with commerce but without religion, with freedom but without equality--what kind of community & what kind of justice is possible in such a situation? Podcast

The Economics of RoboCop

In this EconPop interview, Cantor discuses 1987 action classic, RoboCop. Subjects include innovation, public goods, and corporate skullduggery. Podcast