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Shakespeare in Hindsight: Counterfactual Thinking and Shakespearean Tragedy
Amir Khan
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Description for Shakespeare in Hindsight: Counterfactual Thinking and Shakespearean Tragedy
Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy Eup. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
We know William Shakespeare matters but we cannot pinpoint, precisely, why he matters. Lacking reasons why, we do our best to involve him in others, or involve others in him. He has been branded many times over-as Catholic, Protestant, Materialist, Marxist, Psychoanalytic, Feminist, Postcolonial, Popular, Cultural, and, even, Popular-Cultural. In many ways, Shakespeare is overwrought. Why one more 'approach' to Shakespeare? One reason is because whatever these approaches say about tragedy in particular, none of them help us to feel tragedy. Or, rather, they subordinate tragedy to something else-to considerations of, say, class, race, or gender. What these approaches manage ... Read more
We know William Shakespeare matters but we cannot pinpoint, precisely, why he matters. Lacking reasons why, we do our best to involve him in others, or involve others in him. He has been branded many times over-as Catholic, Protestant, Materialist, Marxist, Psychoanalytic, Feminist, Postcolonial, Popular, Cultural, and, even, Popular-Cultural. In many ways, Shakespeare is overwrought. Why one more 'approach' to Shakespeare? One reason is because whatever these approaches say about tragedy in particular, none of them help us to feel tragedy. Or, rather, they subordinate tragedy to something else-to considerations of, say, class, race, or gender. What these approaches manage ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474409452
SKU
V9781474409452
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About Amir Khan
Amir Khan completed his Doctorate at the University of Ottawa in Canada and has published articles in 'Shakespeare Quarterly', 'CineAction', 'Popular Music and 'Society', and 'Anthropoetics'. He is also the managing editor of 'Conversations', an online scholarly journal devoted to the writings of Stanley Cavell. He is currently an Assistant Professor of English at the Liaoning Normal University-Missouri State University ... Read more
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