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Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory - New Historicism and Cultural Materialism (Hardcover, New)
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Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory - New Historicism and Cultural Materialism (Hardcover, New)
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In the thirty years since the
publication of Stephen Greenblatt's "Renaissance
Self-Fashioning"
overthrew traditional modes of Shakespeare criticism, New
Historicism and Cultural
Materialism have rapidly become the dominant modes for studying and
writing
about the Bard. This comprehensive guide introduces students to the
key
writers, texts and ideas of contemporary Shakespeare criticism and
alternatives
to new historicist and cultural materialist approaches suggested by
a range of
dissenters including evolutionary critics, historical formalists
and advocates
of 'the new aestheticism', and the more politically active
presentists.
"Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory" covers such topics as:
The key theoretical
influences on new historicism including Michel Foucault and Louis
Althusser.
The major critics, from Stephen Greenblatt to Jonathan Dollimore
and Alan
Sinfield.
Dissenting views from traditional critics and contemporary
theorists.
Chapter summaries and questions for discussion throughout
encourage students to
critically engage with contemporary Shakespeare theory for
themselves. The book
includes a 'Who's Who' of major critics, a timeline of key
publications and a
glossary of essential critical terms to give students and teachers
easy access
to essential information.
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