Shakespeare After Theory
- ISBN-10
- 1135965110
- ISBN-13
- 9781135965112
- Series
- Shakespeare After Theory
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-07-29
- 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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