The Arden research handbook of contemporary Shakespeare criticism /
The Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticism is a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to research on critical approaches to Shakespeare by an international team of leading scholars. It contains chapters on twenty specific critical practices, each grounded in analysis of a Shakespe...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Arden Shakespeare,
[2021]
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| Series: | Arden Shaekspeare handbooks.
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| Summary: | The Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticism is a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to research on critical approaches to Shakespeare by an international team of leading scholars. It contains chapters on twenty specific critical practices, each grounded in analysis of a Shakespeare play. These practices range from foundational approaches including character studies, close reading and genre studies, through those that emerged in the 1970s and '80s that challenged the preconceptions on which traditional liberal humanism is based, including feminism, cultural materialism and new historicism. Perspectives drawn from postcolonial, queer studies and critical race studies, besides more recent critical practices including presentism, ecofeminism and cognitive ethology all receive detailed treatment. In addition to its coverage of twenty distinct critical approaches, the handbook contains various sections that provide non-specialists with practical help, an A-Z glossary of key terms and concepts, a chronology of major publications and events, an introduction to resources for study of the field and a substantial annotated bibliography. The Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticism is an essential reference work aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as scholars beginning or developing research in the field. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350093225 135009322X |