Shakespeare After Theory

Shakespeare After Theory
ISBN-10
1135965102
ISBN-13
9781135965105
Series
Shakespeare After Theory
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2013-05-13
Publisher
Routledge
Author
David Scott Kastan

Description

The most familiar assertion of Shakespeare scholarship is that he is our contemporary. Shakespeare After Theory provocatively argues that he is not, but what value he has for us must at least begin with a recognition of his distance from us.

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