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Ronald . Ed(S): Knowles - Shakespeare and Carnival - 9780333711415 - V9780333711415
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Shakespeare and Carnival

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Description for Shakespeare and Carnival Hardback. This collection of essays is the first to reassess a range of Shakespeare's plays in relation to carnivalesque theory. Contributors re-historicize the carnivalesque in different ways, offering both a developed application, or critique of, Bakhtin's thought. Editor(s): Knowles, Ronald. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
This collection of essays is the first to reassess a range of Shakespeare's plays in relation to carnivalesque theory. Contributors re-historicize the carnivalesque in different ways, offering both a developed application, or critique of, Bakhtin's thought.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern Literature in History
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333711415
SKU
V9780333711415
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Ronald . Ed(S): Knowles
RONALD KNOWLES is Senior Lecturer in English Literature and has taught at the University of Reading since 1971. His recent books include Henry IV 1&2. 'The Critics Debate', Understanding Harold Pinter and Gulliver's Travels. The Politics of Satire. He has written many articles on Pinter and Shakespeare and is Associate Editor in Britain of The Pinter Reviews. Currently he is ... Read more

Reviews for Shakespeare and Carnival
'There is no concept more productive in Shakespeare studies than Carnival, yet no one more controversial than Mikhail Bakhtin, the critic who taught Shakespeareans to apply it. 'Shakespeare and Carnival' spans this contradiction by reading the plays both 'After Bakhtin' and within ongoing debate about early modern violence. So the essays in this collection find Carnival patterns not ... Read more

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