The Greenblatt reader / Stephen Greenblatt ; edited by Michael Payne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943-

Contributor:

Payne, Michael, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

Criticism.

Historicism.

Physical Description:

vii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

Summary:

Stephen Greenblatt is one of the most influential practitioners of new historicism. This Reader makes available in one volume Greenblatt 's most important writings on culture, Renaissance studies, and Shakespeare. It also features occasional pieces on subjects as diverse as story-telling and miracles, demonstrating the range of his cultural interests. Taken together, the texts collected here dispel the idea that new historicism is antithetical to literary and aesthetic value.

Contents:

Introduction: Greenblatt and New Historicism 1

Part I Culture and New Historicism 9

1 Culture 11

2 Towards a Poetics of Culture 18

3 The Touch of the Real 30

Part II Renaissance Studies 51

4 The Wound in the Wall 53

5 Marvelous Possessions 81

Part III Shakespeare Studies 119

6 Invisible Bullets 121

7 The Improvisation of Power 161

8 Shakespeare and the Exorcists 197

9 Martial Law in the Land of Cockaigne 229

Part IV Occasional Pieces 261

10 Prologue to Hamlet in Purgatory 263

11 China: Visiting Rites 269

12 China: Visiting Rites (II) 282

13 Laos is Open 291

14 Story-Telling 303

Stephen Greenblatt: A Bibliography (1965-2003) / Gustavo P. Secchi 307.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-313) and index.

ISBN:

1405115653

1405115661

OCLC:

55846021