Speaking to readers in a voice that is adventurous rather than authoritative, innovative rather than institutional and speculative rather than orthodox, Linda Charnes' provocative study of Shakespeare's legacy in contemporary American and British politics explores the following themes:
namesake princes and presidents
stolen thrones and elections
plutocrats and insurgents
campaign trails and war-mongering
waning monarchy and imperilled democracy
revengers, early...
Speaking to readers in a voice that is adventurous rather than authoritative, innovative rather than institutional and speculative rather than orth...
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in secular materialism, theology, or contemporary theory. That at least is what the present collection sets out so suggestively to show." John D. Caputo (from the foreword) "Readers will find here an engagement with both Shakespeare and spirituality which is intelligent, original, and challengingly optimistic, one which surely succeeds in its wish to "reinvigorate and strengthen politically progressive materialist criticism." Jonathan Dollimore (from the afterword) "Spiritual Shakespeares" is the first book...
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in secular materialism, theology, or contemporary theory. That at least is wha...
Ecocriticism, a theoretical movement examining cultural constructions of Nature in their social and political contexts, is making an increasingly important contribution to our understanding of Shakespeare 's plays. Gabriel Egan's Green Shakespeare presents:
an overview of the concept of ecocriticism
detailed ecocritical readings of Henry V, Macbeth, As You Like It, Antony & Cleopatra, King Lear, Coriolanus, Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter 's Tale and The Tempest
analysis of themes such as nature and human society; food and biological nature; the...
Ecocriticism, a theoretical movement examining cultural constructions of Nature in their social and political contexts, is making an increasingly i...
"Shakespeare, Authority, Sexuality "is a powerful reassessment of cultural materialism as a way of understanding the intersections of textuality, history, culture and politics by one of the founding figures of this critical movement. Alan Sinfield examines cultural materialism both as a body of ongoing argument, and as it informs particular works by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, especially in relation to sexuality in early-modern England and queer theory. The book has several interlocking preoccupations: - Theories of textuality and reading - Authority in Shakespearean Plays...
"Shakespeare, Authority, Sexuality "is a powerful reassessment of cultural materialism as a way of understanding the intersections of textuality, hist...
