Shakespeare, Sign Language, and the Seraglio

Authors

Ashleigh Sabin, Utah State UniversityFollow

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Description

The research in this project aims to give context for a reference to a "mute" in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night (1603), more broadly examine early modern British ideas about deafness and the Ottoman Empire, and examine the non-verbal community in the palace of the seventeenth-century Ottoman Empire (the Seraglio). In this presentation, I argue that early modern British understanding of deaf and non-verbal communities was intrinsically tied to the Ottoman Empire and that this association created both advantages and disadvantages for deaf and non-verbal people in England, as well as continental Europe.

Publication Date

12-5-2022

City

Logan, UT

Keywords

deafness, Ottoman Empire, Seraglio, Shakespeare

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities

Recommended Citation

Sabin, Ashleigh, "Shakespeare, Sign Language, and the Seraglio" (2022). Fall Student Research Symposium 2022. 42.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/fsrs2022/42