Shakespeare - Plays, History, & Criticism, Comedy - History & Criticism
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Overview
This volume presents a wide range of recent critical essays exemplifying different approaches to Shakespeare's work in general and Twelfth Night in particular. Essays are written from positions of new historicism, deconstruction, feminism, Marxism, reader response, and others. The introduction, written especially for the volume, makes accessible to students at all levels the diversity of the contemporary study of Shakespeare and its wider importance.Synopsis
This volume presents a wide range of recent critical essays exemplifying different approaches to Shakespeare's work in general and Twelfth Night in particular. Essays are written from positions of new historicism, deconstruction, feminism, Marxism, reader response, and others. The introduction, written especially for the volume, makes accessible to students at all levels the diversity of the contemporary study of Shakespeare and its wider importance.Editorials
Booknews
Eight essays reprinted from other collections offer recent perspectives on the play, including new historicism, deconstructionism, feminism, Marxism, and reader response theory. An introduction places the essays in the larger context of current Shakespeare scholarship. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
October 28, 1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages
233
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312160272