Shakespeare and modernity : early modern to millennium /
This in-depth collection of essays traces the changing reception of Shakespeare over the past four hundred years, during which time Shakespeare has variously been seen as the last great exponent of pre-modern Western culture, a crucial inaugurator of modernity, and a prophet of postmodernity. This f...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2000.
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Colección: | Accents on Shakespeare.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This in-depth collection of essays traces the changing reception of Shakespeare over the past four hundred years, during which time Shakespeare has variously been seen as the last great exponent of pre-modern Western culture, a crucial inaugurator of modernity, and a prophet of postmodernity. This fresh look at Shakespeare's plays is an important contribution to the revival of the idea of 'modernity' and how we periodise ourselves, and Shakespeare, at the beginning of a new millennium. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index. |
ISBN: | 0203141040 9780203141045 9781134616398 1134616392 1280327316 9781280327315 1134616384 9781134616381 |