The question is not whether Shakespeare studies needs feminism, but whether feminism needs Shakespeare. This is the explicitly political approach taken in the dynamic and newly updated edition of A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare.
* Provides the definitive feminist statement on Shakespeare for the 21st century
* Updates address some of the newest theatrical andcreative engagements with Shakespeare, offering fresh insights into Shakespeare's plays and poems, and gender dynamics in early modern England
* Contributors come from across the feminist generations and from various stages in their careers to address what is new in the field in terms of historical and textual discovery
* Explores issues vital to feminist inquiry, including race, sexuality, the body, queer politics, social economies, religion, and capitalism
* In addition to highlighting changes, it draws attention to the strong continuities of scholarship in this field over the course of the history of feminist criticism of Shakespeare
* The previous edition was a recipient of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title award; this second edition maintains its coverage and range, and bringsthe scholarship right up to the present day
* Provides the definitive feminist statement on Shakespeare for the 21st century
* Updates address some of the newest theatrical andcreative engagements with Shakespeare, offering fresh insights into Shakespeare's plays and poems, and gender dynamics in early modern England
* Contributors come from across the feminist generations and from various stages in their careers to address what is new in the field in terms of historical and textual discovery
* Explores issues vital to feminist inquiry, including race, sexuality, the body, queer politics, social economies, religion, and capitalism
* In addition to highlighting changes, it draws attention to the strong continuities of scholarship in this field over the course of the history of feminist criticism of Shakespeare
* The previous edition was a recipient of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title award; this second edition maintains its coverage and range, and bringsthe scholarship right up to the present day
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781118501269
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-118-50126-9
- Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT
- Erscheinungstermin: 06.05.2016
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 2. Auflage 2016
- Serie: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 1024 g
- Seiten: 584
- Format (B x H x T): 170 x 244 x 32 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt