Shakespeare's Entrails
David Hillman
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Description for Shakespeare's Entrails
Hardcover. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Shakespeare's Entrails explores the connections between embodiment, knowledge and acknowledgement in Shakespeare's plays. Hillman sets out a theory of the emergence of modern subjectivity in the context of a world that was increasingly coming to see the human body as a closed system.
Shakespeare's Entrails explores the connections between embodiment, knowledge and acknowledgement in Shakespeare's plays. Hillman sets out a theory of the emergence of modern subjectivity in the context of a world that was increasingly coming to see the human body as a closed system.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403942678
SKU
V9781403942678
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99-15
About David Hillman
DAVID HILLMAN is Lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, UK. He previously trained as a child psychotherapist at the Tavistock Centre, London. He is co-editor (with Carla Mazzio) of The Body in Parts and (with Adam Phillips) of the forthcoming The Book of Interruptions.
Reviews for Shakespeare's Entrails
'students of Shakespeare will find plenty of food for thought...Hillman's discussion of the cannibalistic fantasies that pervade Hamlet and the extensive heart imagery in King Lear are particularly interesting, and his chapter on Troilus and Cressida is essential reading for anyone tackling this strange but fascinating play. Shakespeare's Entrails is another excellent addition to the Palgrave Shakespeare Studies series.' - ... Read more