Fundamental Shakespeare : new perspectives on gender, psychology and politics / edited by Ali Salami and Maryam Beyad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salami, Ismail, 1968- editor.

Beyad, Maryam, editor.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Political and social views.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Political and social views.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Psychology.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

vi, 188 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

The contributions to this book examine various facets of the work of Shakespeare from an Eastern perspective. As such, Fundamental Shakespeare sheds fresh light on, and offers new insights to, a wide range of topics including politics, psychology and discourse. Divided into three separate categories, this volume brings to the fore long-standing, but under-explored areas of Shakespeare studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Political Discourse

The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: Where Does the Bard Stand in Richard III / Ali Salami Salami, Ali, Amir Riahi Riahi, Amir 10

Knowledge and Power in Measure for Measure / Ensieh Shabanirad Shabanirad, Ensieh, Hossein Keramatfar Keramatfar, Hossein 22

Unsifted in Perilous Circumstances: A Bourdieusian Reading of Hamlet / Behzad Sadeghian Sadeghian, Behzad, Mohsen Maleki Maleki, Mohsen 34

Part II Fundamental Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Fragmentary World in Othello / Ali Salami Salami, Ali, Fatemeh Gholipour Fereydouni Fereydouni, Fatemeh Gholipour 46

A Multimodal Study of Blood Imagery in Macbeth / Mahmoud Reza Ghorban Sabbagh Sabbagh, Mahmoud Reza Ghorban, Manzar Feyz Feyz, Manzar 61

A CDA/Deleuzian Reading of The Merchant of Venice: Discourse, City, Politics, and Economy / Erfan Rajabi Rajabi, Erfan 72

The King's Fragmentation in Richard II / Hossein Keramatfar Keramatfar, Hossein, Ensieh Shabani Shabani, Ensieh 86

A Purgatory of Zombies: The Zizekian Death Drive in Hamlet / Ali Salami Salami, Ali, Amir Barati Barati, Amir 97

Part III Psychology and Gender

Hamlet, "Poor Wretch" of Elsinore: Trauma and Witness / Abolfazl Ramazani Ramazani, Abolfazl, Naghmeh Fazlzadeh Fazlzadeh, Naghmeh 112

The Androgynous Heroine: As You Like It through the Eyes of Carolyn G. Heilbrun and Mary Daly / Farnoosh Pirayesh Pirayesh, Farnoosh, Leyli Jamali Jamali, Leyli 128

Out of the Hurly-burly of Genders and Still Feminine: A Cixousian Reading of Lady Macbeth / Zahra Amini Amini, Zahra 141

Female Iconography in King Lear / Nafiseh Salman Saleh Saleh, Nafiseh Salman 150

The Psychological Province of the Reader in Hamlet / Ali Salami Salami, Ali 162

Shakespeare the Nomad: Schizoanalysis in Henry V and A Midsummer Night's Dream / Narges Montakhabi Montakhabi, Narges 176.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781443885805

1443885800

OCLC:

930664623

Publisher Number:

99966741625