Responding to the theoretical initiatives of the last twenty years this book compellingly restores Shakespeare's plays to the rich densities of the world in which, and to which, they were created.
9 Wither's account of the stationer's statutory freedom “ to belye his Authors intentions ” ( sig . H5 ' ) is largely correct , though , in fairness , most stationers did make reasonable attempts to produce an accurate text .
This book provides a bridge between Shakespeare Studies and classical social theory. The plays are examined through various social theories including performance theory, cognitive theory, semiotics, exchange theory and structuralism.
Shakespeare and Literary Theory argues that literary theory is less an external set of ideas anachronistically imposed on Shakespeare's texts than a mode - or several modes - of critical reflection inspired by, and emerging from, his ...
This collection of essays, written by distinguished and powerful critics in the fields of literary theory and Shakespeare studies, is intended both for those interested in Shakespeare and for those interested more generally in the emerging ...
Although psychoanalytic criticism of Shakespeare is a prominent and prolific field of scholarship, the analytic methods and tools, theories, and critics who apply the theories have not been adequately assessed. This book fills that gap.
Or are they sometimes both? And is it relevant, and if so how, that his women were first played by boys? This book shows how many kinds of feminist theory help analyze the dynamics of Shakespeare's plays.
Campbell, Oscar J. "Comicall Satyre" and Shakespeares “Troilus and Cressida. "San Marino, Calif: Huntington ... Helen M. Cooper, Adrienne Auslander Munich, and Susan Merrill Squier Chapel Hill. University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
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Showing how the dialogue between Shakespeare criticism and postcolonial studies has evolved, this book offers a critical vocabulary that connects contemporary and early modern cultural struggles.