This book will constitute an original intervention into longstanding but insistently relevant debates around the significance of notions of 'performativity' to the critical analysis of early modern drama.
In particular, the book aims to:
show how the investigation of performativity can enable readings of Shakespeare and Jonson that challenge the dominant methodological frameworks within which those plays have come to be read;
demonstrate that the thought of performativity does not come to rest in the simplicity of...
This book will constitute an original intervention into longstanding but insistently relevant debates around the significance of notions of 'perfor...
What does university study of English Literature involve today? How should students read literary texts? Answers to these questions have substantially changed and developed over recent decades, often in response to advances in literary theory. In the light of this and other recent developments, the Edinburgh Introduction provides a new, updated guide for students beginning their study of literature today. Recent developments in theory are explained throughout, but they are not the only focus of attention. Instead, the emphasis is on clear, pragmatic explanation of critical practices, and...
What does university study of English Literature involve today? How should students read literary texts? Answers to these questions have substantially...