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Shakespeare in Theory and Practice /
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748633012');In these essays, collected here for the first time, renowned critic Catherine Belsey puts theory to work in order to register Shakespeare's powers of seduction, together with his moment in history. Teasing out the meanings of the narr...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748633012');In these essays, collected here for the first time, renowned critic Catherine Belsey puts theory to work in order to register Shakespeare's powers of seduction, together with his moment in history. Teasing out the meanings of the narrative poems, as well as some of the more familiar plays, she demonstrates the possibilities of an attention to textuality that also draws on the archive. A reading of the Sonnets, written specially for this book, analyses their intricate and ambivalent inscription of desire. Between them, these essays trace the progress of theory in the course of three decades, while a new introduction offers a narrative and analytical overview, from a participant's perspective, of some of its key implications.Written with verve and conviction, this book shows how texts can offer access to the dissonances of the past when theory finds an outcome in practice.Key FeaturesOne of the foremost literary critics of a generation writing on the central figure of English literatureProvides an exemplary demonstration of poststructuralist theory at workPays particular attention to desire as a theme and as a component of interpretationProvides close readings of the texts combining the historical and theoretical" |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9780748632152 9783110780468 |
| Acceso: | restricted access |