Shakespeare after theory /

Kastan, David Scott.

Shakespeare after theory / David Scott Kastan. - New York : Routledge, 1999. - 1 online resource (264 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-257) and index.

Introduction : reading Shakespeare historically -- Demanding history -- Shakespeare after theory -- Are we being interdisciplinary yet? -- The text in history -- The mechanics of culture : editing Shakespeare today -- Shakespeare in print -- "Killed with hard opinions" : Oldcastle and Falstaff and the reformed text of 1 Henry IV -- The test as history -- "Proud majesty made a subject" : representing authority on the early modern stage -- "The king hath many marching in his coats," or, What did you do in the war, daddy? -- Is there a class in this (Shakespearean) text? -- Macbeth and the "name of king" -- "The Duke of Milan / and his brave son" : old histories and new in The tempest -- Coda : the closing of the theaters -- "Publike sports" and "publike calamities" : plays, playing, and politics.

Responding to the theoretical initiatives of the last twenty years this book compellingly restores Shakespeare's plays to the rich densities of the world in which, and to which, they were created.


English.

0203901665 (electronic bk.) 9780203901663 (electronic bk.) 0203901657 (electronic bk.) 9780203901656 (electronic bk.) (acid-free paper) (acid-free paper) (pbk. ; acid-free paper) (pbk. ; acid-free paper) 1135965102 9781135965105 1135965110 9781135965112 1280316802 9781280316807

X0-C02581 10.4324/9780203901656 doi




Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Knowledge--History.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism, Textual.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Critique textuelle.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Et l'histoire.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616


1500-1699


Literature and history--History--England--16th century.
Literature and history--History--England--17th century.
Historicism.
Littérature et histoire--Histoire--Angleterre--16e siècle.
Littérature et histoire--Histoire--Angleterre--17e siècle.
Historicisme.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Shakespeare.
DRAMA--Shakespeare.
History.
Historicism.
Historiography.
Literature and history.


Great Britain--History--Historiography.--Elizabeth, 1558-1603
Great Britain--History--Historiography.--James I, 1603-1625
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--Historiographie.--1558-1603 (Élisabeth Ire)
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--Historiographie.--1603-1625 (Jacques Ier)
England.
Great Britain.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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