| Shakespeare and Modernity: Early Modern to Millennium Contributor(s): Grady, Hugh (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415212006 ISBN-13: 9780415212007 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: Shakespeare has variously been seen as the last great exponent of pre-modern Western culture, a crucial inaugurator of modernity, and a prophet of postmodernity. This exciting collection of essays traces the changing reception of Shakespeare over the past four hundred years. Along the way it provides fascinating insights into: * the nature of individuality, identity, and the self * the inter-relations of the rise of capitalism, nation-states, and secular culture * the sexual division of labor and gender identity * the beginnings of Western colonialism, racism, and anti-Semitism. This fresh look at Shakespeare's plays is an important contribution to the revival of the idea of 'modernity' and how we periodise ourselves, and Shakespeare, at the beginning of a new millennium. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 00025453 |
| Series: Accents on Shakespeare |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (1.02 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This in-depth collection of essays traces the changing reception of Shakespeare over the past four hundred years, during which time Shakespeare has variously been seen as the last great exponent of pre-modern Western culture, a crucial inaugurator of modernity, and a prophet of postmodernity. This fresh look at Shakespeare's plays is an important contribution to the revival of the idea of 'modernity' and how we periodise ourselves, and Shakespeare, at the beginning of a new millennium. |