A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare

A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare
Author :
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 584
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781118501252
ISBN-13 : 111850125X
Rating : 4/5 (25X Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare by : Dympna Callaghan

Download or read book A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare written by Dympna Callaghan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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


A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare Related Books

A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare
Language: en
Pages: 584
Authors: Dympna Callaghan
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-23 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

GET EBOOK

The question is not whether Shakespeare studies needs feminism, but whether feminism needs Shakespeare. This is the explicitly political approach taken in the d
The Woman's Part
Language: en
Pages: 364
Authors: Carolyn Ruth Swift Lenz
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1980 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

GET EBOOK

The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Literary Theory
Language: en
Pages: 44
Authors: Ellen Rooney
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-07-06 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

GET EBOOK

Feminism has dramatically influenced the way literary texts are read, taught and evaluated. Feminist literary theory has deliberately transgressed traditional b
The Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: Miranda Fricker
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-01-27 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

GET EBOOK

The thirteen specially-commissioned essays in this volume are written by philosophers at the forefront of feminist scholarship, and are designed to provide an a
Shakespeare's Feminine Endings
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: Philippa Berry
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-12 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

Philippa Berry draws on feminist theory, postmodern thought and queer theory, to challenge existing critical notions of what is fundamental to Shakespearean tra