Shakespeare and posthumanist theory /
Shakespeare and Posthumanist Theory charts challenges in the field of Shakespeare studies to the assumption that the category "human" is real, stable, or worthy of privileging in discussions of the playwright's work. Drawing on a variety of methodologies, including cognitive theory, s...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare,
2018.
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| Series: | Arden Shakespeare and theory.
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| Summary: | Shakespeare and Posthumanist Theory charts challenges in the field of Shakespeare studies to the assumption that the category "human" is real, stable, or worthy of privileging in discussions of the playwright's work. Drawing on a variety of methodologies, including cognitive theory, systems theory, animal studies, ecostudies and the new materialisms, the volume investigates the world of Shakespeare's plays and poems in order to represent more thoroughly its variety, its ethics of inclusion and its resistance to human triumphalism and exceptionalism. Karen Raber, a leading scholar in the field, clearly and cogently guides the reader through complex theoretical terrain, providing fresh, exciting readings of plays including Othello, The Tempest, Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida and Henry IV Part 1. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 198 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474234436 1474234437 9781474234443 1474234445 |