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Shakespeare and the Scenes of Instruction

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 16.01.06

Unit Guide

Posting Daggers: A Twitter-Centric Approach to Hamlet

Robert M. Schwartz

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Bibliography

Bennett, Shea. “A Brief History of Social Media (1969 – 2012).” Ad Week . July, 2016. http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/social-media-1969-2012/487353. This website informed the survey of social media.

Bloom, Harold. Hamlet: Poem Unlimited . New York: Riverhead Books, 2003. Further analysis of the great play, often piggy-backing on the larger volume but introducing additional ideas and insights.

Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human . New York: Riverhead Books, 1998. In-depth analysis of the canon of Shakespeare. Used most specifically in this unit is the section on Hamlet .

Erickson, Christine. “A Brief History of Text Messaging .” Mashable . Sept. 21, 2012. http://mashable.com/2012/09/21/text-messaging-history/#A17I74HHIaqZ. This website informed the survey of social media.

Hische, Jessica. “Mom This is How Twitter Works.” July, 2016. http://www.momthisishowtwitterworks.com. An informative breakdown of how Twitter works.

Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark . New York: Signet Classics, 1998. The play upon which this unit is based.

Thompson, Clive. “The Early Years.” New York Magazine . July, 2016. http://nymag.com/news/media/15971. Information website about the timeline of blogging.

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