This collection of essays examine textual practice and focus on such subjects as literary theory and the modernization of language.

A wide-ranging work on post-modernism, which draws upon film, theatre, historical and Shakespearian perspectives. The role of Romanticism and nationalism in textual practice is assessed and the works of Jacques Derrida are analyzed.

We traditionally assume that the meaning' of each of Shakespeares plays is bequeathed to it by the Bard. It is as if, to the information which used to be given in theatrical programmes, Cigarettes by Abdullah, Costumes by Motley, Music by Mendelssohn', we should add Meaning by Shakespeare'.
These essays rest on a different, almost opposite, principle. Developing the arguments of the same author's That Shakespearean Rag (1986), they put the case that Shakespeare's plays have no essential meanings, but function as resources which we use to generate meaning. A Midsummer Night's...

'Textual Practice contains some of the most path-breaking, adventurous critical writing currently to be found in Britain' - Terry Eagleton, Linacre College, Oxford

Textual Practice has established itself as Britain's leading journal of radical literary theory.

'Textual Practice contains some of the most path-breaking, adventurous critical writing currently to be found in Britain' - Terry Eagleton, Linacre College, Oxford

Since its launch in 1987, Textual Practice has established itself as Britain's leading journal of radical literary theory.

Since its launch in 1987, Textual Practice has established itself as Britain's leading journal of radical literary theory. This special issue of Textual Practice examines the theme of desire.

Since its launch in 1987 Textual Practice has established itself as a leading journal of radical literary theory. New approaches to literary texts are naturally a major feature, but in exploring apparently discrete areas such as philosophy, history, law, science, architecture, gender and media studies, Textual Practice pays no heed to traditional academic boundaries. As usual, this issue covers the full range of interests in the sphere of current critical and cultural activity in Britain and the USA. From the 17th century (Gary Taylor, Tamsin Spargo articles) to the Renaissance (Andrew Stott...

Launched in 1987, Textual Practice offers new approaches to literary texts, but in exploring apparently discrete areas such as philosophy, history, law, science, architecture, gender and media studies, it pays no heed to traditional academic boundaries. Textual Practice is available both on subscription and from bookshops.