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Rewriting Shakespeare, Rewriting Ourselves
Peter Erickson
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Description for Rewriting Shakespeare, Rewriting Ourselves
Paperback. Participants in the current debate regarding the literary canon generally separate the established literary order - of which Shakespeare is the most visible icon - from emerging minority literatures. This study insists that the two realms should be brought together. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 45.
Participants in the current debate about the literary canon generally separate the established literary order--of which Shakespeare is the most visible icon--from the emergent minority literatures. In this challenging study, Peter Erickson insists on bringing the two realms together. He asks: what impact does a revision of the literary canon have on Shakespeare's status? Part One of his book is about Shakespeare on women. In analyses of several Shakespearean works, Erickson discusses Shakespeare's ambivalence about women as a reflection of male anxiety about the cultural authority of Queen Elizabeth. Part Two is about (contemporary) women on Shakespeare. Erickson discusses Adrienne ... Read more
Participants in the current debate about the literary canon generally separate the established literary order--of which Shakespeare is the most visible icon--from the emergent minority literatures. In this challenging study, Peter Erickson insists on bringing the two realms together. He asks: what impact does a revision of the literary canon have on Shakespeare's status? Part One of his book is about Shakespeare on women. In analyses of several Shakespearean works, Erickson discusses Shakespeare's ambivalence about women as a reflection of male anxiety about the cultural authority of Queen Elizabeth. Part Two is about (contemporary) women on Shakespeare. Erickson discusses Adrienne ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520086463
SKU
V9780520086463
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About Peter Erickson
Peter Erickson is the author of Patriarchal Structures in Shakespeare's Drama (California, 1985) and co-editor with Coppelia Kahn of Shakespeare's "Rough Magic": Renaissance Essays in Honor of C. L. Barber (1985). He is currently writing the volume on the comedies for Routledge's series, Feminist Readings of Shakespeare.
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