BOOKS - Shakespeare in Theory and Practice
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948569
Shakespeare in Theory and Practice
Author: Catherine Belsey
Year: June 30, 1905
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.3 MB
Language: English
Year: June 30, 1905
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.3 MB
Language: English
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup ISBN 9780748633012 In these essays collected here for the first time renowned critic Catherine Belsey puts theory to work in order to register Shakespeare s powers of seduction together with his moment in history Teasing out the meanings of the narrative poems as well as some of the more familiar plays she demonstrates the possibilities of an attention to textuality that also draws on the archive A reading of the Sonnets written specially for this book analyses their intricate and ambivalent inscription of desire Between them these essays trace the progress of theory in the course of three decades while a new introduction offers a narrative and analytical overview from a participant s perspective of some of its key implications Written with verve and conviction this book shows how texts can offer access to the dissonances of the past when theory finds an outcome in practice Key FeaturesOne of the foremost literary critics of a generation writing on the central figure of English literatureProvides an exemplary demonstration of poststructuralist theory at workPays particular attention to desire as a theme and as a component of interpretationProvides close readings of the texts combining the historical and theoretical
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