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Lisa Hopkins - Beginning Shakespeare - 9780719064234 - V9780719064234
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Beginning Shakespeare

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Description for Beginning Shakespeare Paperback. Introduces students to the study of Shakespeare and grounds their understandings of his work in theoretical discourses. By addressing what is primarily at stake in the major theoretical approaches to Shakespeare's works, the book breaks down both fears and preconceptions to offer students a map of the current critical practices of others. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.

'Beginning Shakespeare' introduces students to the study of Shakespeare, and grounds their understanding of his work in theoretical discourses. After an introductory survey of the dominant approaches of the past, seven chapters examine the major current critical approaches to Shakespeare; psychoanalysis, New Historicism, Cultural Materialism, gender studies, queer theory, postcolonial criticism and performance criticism. A further chapter looks at the growing roles of biography, attribution studies and textual studies.

Each chapter analyses the strengths and weaknesses of a particular perspective, allowing students to gain a clear critical purchase on the respective approaches, and to make informed choices between them. ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Beginnings
Condition
New
Weight
248g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719064234
SKU
V9780719064234
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Ref
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About Lisa Hopkins
Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University -- .

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