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Shakespeare after theory

Title: Shakespeare after theory / David Scott Kastan.
Author: Kastan, David Scott.
Publication: New York : Routledge, 1999.

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Description

264 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Kastan seeks to examine Shakespeare's plays as they appeared and circulated both as dramatic works and as historical texts of the period. Thus Shakespeare's artistry becomes evidence of his engagement with his world and thereafter of the world's engagement with his work.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-257) and index.

Contents

I. Introduction: Reading Shakespeare Historically -- II. Demanding History. 1. Shakespeare after Theory. 2. Are We Being Interdisciplinary Yet? -- III. The Text in History. 3. The Mechanics of Culture: Editing Shakespeare Today. 4. Shakespeare in Print. 5. "Killed with Hard Opinions": Oldcastle and Falstaff and the Reformed Text of 1 Henry IV -- IV. The Text as History. 6. "Proud Majesty Made a Subject": Representing Authority on the Early Modern Stage. 7. "The King hath many marching in his Coats," or, What did you do in the War, Daddy? 8. Is There a Class in This (Shakespearean) Text? 9. Macbeth and the "Name of King" 10. "The Duke of Milan / And his Brave Son": Old Histories and New in The Tempest.

ISBN

041590112X
9780415901123
0415901138
9780415901130
9780203901656
0203901657

LCCN

98048531

OCLC

ocm40125084
40125084
SCSB-14652445

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library