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Shakespeare: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1945-2000ISBN: 978-0-631-23487-6
Hardcover
952 pages
January 2004, ©2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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Shakespeare: Criticism and Theory is an anthology of the
most significant essays and book chapters published on Shakespeare
in the second half of the twentieth century.
- An anthology of about 50 of the most significant essays and
book chapters published on Shakespeare in the second half of the
twentieth century.
- Introduces students to the variety of theoretical positions,
thematic claims, methodologies, and modes of argument in
Shakespeare criticism over the last 50 years.
- Critical views represented range from the old style historicism
of E.M.W. Tillyard and the new criticism of William Empson to the
new historicism of Stephen Greenblatt and the feminist perspective
of Catherine Belsey.
- Pieces are organised into categories of critical thought and
introduced in clear language.
- Most pieces are reproduced in their entirety.