Shakespeare in our time : a Shakespeare Association of America collection / edited by Dympna Callaghan and Suzanne Gossett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gossett, Suzanne, editor.

Callaghan, Dympna, editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Arden Shakespeare.

The Arden Shakespeare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

376 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2016.

Summary:

"This volume marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death by reflecting on the unrivalled work of the Shakespeare Association of America and offering a unique collection of leading Shakespeare scholars outlining key developments in Shakespeare studies over the last two decades. These essays are complemented by younger scholars who respond and look forward to new fields of study and debate. As such the book offers a "state of the nation" look at Shakespeare criticism, covering all the key areas of research and study including gender, text, performance, the body, history, religion and biography. This is a must-read, comprehensive introduction to the key critical ideas surrounding Shakespeare's work and a stimulating exploration of where Shakespeare studies will go next."-Publisher's website.

Contents:

1 Feminism 7

Why Feminism Still Matters / Phyllis Rackin Rackin, Phyllis 7

Just Imagine / Kathryn Schwarz Schwarz, Kathryn 14

Letters, Characters, Roots / Wendy Wall Wall, Wendy 18

2 Sexuality 23

Deeds, Desire, Delight / Bruce R. Smith Smith, Bruce R.

Rethinking Sexual Acts and Identities / Mario DiGangi DiGangi, Mario 31

HexaSexuality / Madhavi Menon Menon, Madhavi 35

3 Teaching 41

The Classroom / David Bevingron Bevingron, David 41

Money for Jam / Marjorie Garber Garber, Marjorie 48

Extension Work / Patricia Cahill Cahill, Patricia 52

4 Editing 57

Facts, Theories, and Beliefs / Barbara A. Mowat Mowat, Barbara A. 57

What We Owe to Editors / Lukas Erne Erne, Lukas 67

What's Next in Editing Shakespeare / Sonia Massai Massai, Sonia 68

5 Mortality 73

Suicide as Profit or Loss / Mary Beth Rose Rose, Mary Beth 73

Death and King Lear / Michael Neill Neill, Michael 81

Shakespeare's Here / Scott L. Newstok Newstok, Scott L. 85

6 Media 91

Spectatorship, Remediation, and One Hundred Years of Hamlet / James C. Bulman Bulman, James C. 91

Performing Shakespeare through Social Media / Pascale Aebischer Aebischer, Pascale 99

Reading Shakespeare through Media Archaeology / Alan Galey Galey, Alan 103

7 Race and Class 107

Is Black so Base a Hue? / Jean E. Howard Howard, Jean E. 107

The Race of Shakespeare's Mind / Lara Bovilsky Bovilsky, Lara 114

Speaking of Race / Ian Smith Smith, Ian 118

8 Sources 123

Shakespeare and the Bible / Robert S. Miola Miola, Robert S. 123

Shakespeare's Sources / Ania Loomba Loomba, Ania 131

Volver, or Coming Back / Sarah Beckwith Beckwith, Sarah 135

9 Text and Authorship 141

Collaboration 2016 / Gary Taylor Taylor, Gary 141

The Value of Stage Directions / Laurie Maguire Maguire, Laurie 149

The Author Being Dead / Adam G. Hooks Hooks, Adam G. 153

10 Globalization 159

Against Our Own Ignorance / Susanne L. Wofford Wofford, Susanne L. 159

Circumnavigation, Shakespeare, and the Origins of Globalization / Daniel Vitkus Vitkus, Daniel 167

The Bard in Calcutta, India, 1835-2014 / Jyotsna G. Singh Singh, Jyotsna G. 171

11 Bodies and Emotions 177

Bodies without Borders in Lear and Macbeth / Gail Kern Paster Paster, Gail Kern 177

Potions, Passion, and Fairy Knowledge in A Midsummer Night's Dream / Mary Floyd-Wilson Floyd-Wilson, Mary 184

Shakespeare and Variant Embodiment / David Houston Wood Wood, David Houston 189

12 Social Context 195

Social Contexting / Frances E. Dolan Dolan, Frances E. 195

"Hic et ubique": Hamlet in Sync / Bradin Cormack Cormack, Bradin 202

Playing in Context, Playing out Context / William N. West West, William N. 206

13 Historicism 211

Historicizing Historicism / William C. Carroll Carroll, William C. 211

Minding Anachronism / Margreta de Grazia Grazia, Margreta de 219

The Historicist as Gamer / Gina Bloom Bloom, Gina 223

14 Appropriations 229

American Appropriation through the Centuries / Georgianna Ziegler Ziegler, Georgianna 229

Appropriation 2.0 / Christy Desmet Desmet, Christy 236

Appropriation in Contemporary Fiction / Andrew Hartley Hartley, Andrew 240

15 Biography 245

Shakespeare and Biography / Peter Holland Holland, Peter 245

Shakespeare's Friends and Family in the Archives / David Kathman Kathman, David 252

Biography vs. Novel / Lois Potter Potter, Lois 256

16 Classicism 261

The Classics as Popular Discourse / Coppélia Kahn Kahn, Coppélia 261

Shakespeare's Classicism, Redux / Lynn Enterline Enterline, Lynn 268

Time, Verisimilitude, and the Counter-Classical Ovid / Heather James James, Heather 272

17 Public Shakespeare 277

The Publicity of the Look / Paul Yachnin Yachnin, Paul 277

Public Women / Women of Valor / Julia Reinhard Lupton Lupton, Julia Reinhard 285

The Ghost of the Public University / Henry S. Turner Turner, Henry S. 289

18 Style 295

William Shakespeare, Elizabethan Stylist / Russ McDonald McDonald, Russ 295

Nondramatic Style / Stephen Guy-Bray Guy-Bray, Stephen 303

Shakespeare's Lexical Style / Alysia Kolentsis Kolentsis, Alysia 306

19 Performance 311

Pluralizing Performance / Diana E. Henderson Henderson, Diana E. 311

The Study of Historical Performance / Tiffany Stern Stern, Tiffany

Shakespeare / Performance / W. B. Worthen Worthen, W. B. 323

20 Ecocriticism 327

Shakespeare and Nature / Rebecca Bushnell Bushnell, Rebecca 327

Shakespeare without Nature / Steve Mentz Mentz, Steve 334

The Chicken and the Egg / Karen Raber Raber, Karen 338.

ISBN:

9781472520418

1472520416

OCLC:

944011455