Shakespeare and the question of culture : early modern literature and the cultural turn / Douglas Bruster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruster, Douglas

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Early modern cultural studies

Early modern cultural series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation--History.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

History.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

English literature.

Literature and history--England--History--16th century.

Literature and history.

Civilization.

Historiography.

England.

Literature and history--England--History--17th century.

Historicism in literature.

England--Civilization--16th century--Historiography.

England--Civilization--17th century--Historiography.

Physical Description:

xxi, 279 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

"Shakespeare and the Question of Culture" addresses the central issue of "culture" in early modern studies through both literary history and disciplinary critique. Bruster argues that the "culture" that critics investigate through the works of Shakespeare and other writers is largely a literary culture, and he examines what this necessary limitation of the scope of "cultural studies" means for the discipline of early modern studies.

Contents:

Part I Shakespeare and Culture

1. Shakespeare and the Question of Culture 3

2. Deep Focus: Toward the Thin Description of Literary Culture 29

Part II Early Modern Literary Culture

3. The Structural Transformation of Print in Late Elizabethan England 65

4. The Dramatic Life of Objects in the Early Modern Theater 95

5. Female-Female Eroticism and the Early Modern Stage 119

Part III Critical Culture

6. Shakespeare and the End of History: Period as Brand Name 147

7. Shakespeare and the Composite Text: The New Formalism 167

8. The New Materialism in Early Modern Studies 191

Conclusion: Shakespeare after the "Cultural Turn" 207

Appendix "Culture" 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-269) and index.

ISBN:

0312294387

0312294395

OCLC:

50253177