Shakespeare studies today : romanticism lost / Edward Pechter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pechter, Edward, 1941-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation--History--20th century.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

History.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2011]

Summary:

Surveying the complex field of Shakespeare studies today, this book argues that a return to original practices would revive the field. Pechter advances the idea that scholars can perform more effectively by relaxing some of the materialist principles guiding current work and by reconnecting with the traditions of Romantic commentary from which Shakespearean critical practice developed. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Discipline and Desire

Introduction: Discipline and Desire 15

1 Return of the Aesthetic? 21

2 Negative Desire: Materialism and Its Discontents 53

Part 2 What's Wrong with Literature?

Introduction: What's Wrong with Literature? 87

3 New Theatricalism and the Repudiation of Literary Interest 91

4 New Textualism and the Crisis in Editing 117

Part 3 Romanticism Lost

Introduction: Romanticism Lost 143

5 Romantic Antitheatricalism and Formalist Values 151

6 Romantic Authorship and Professional Values 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-230) and index.

ISBN:

9780230114197

0230114199

OCLC:

671238350