Shakespeare and the question of theory / edited by Patricia Parker and Geoffrey Hartman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parker, Patricia A., 1946-

Hartman, Geoffrey H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Methuen, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The theoretical ferment which has affected literary studies over the last decade has called into question traditional ways of thinking about, classifying and interpreting texts. Shakespeare has been not just the focus of a variety of divergent critical movements within recent years, but also increasingly the locus of emerging debates within, and with, theory itself. This collection of essays, written by distinguished and powerful critics in the fields of literary theory and Shakespeare studies, is intended both for those interested in Shakespeare and for those interested more generally in the

Contents:

Cover; Shakespeare and the Question of Theory; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; I Language, rhetoric, deconstruction; 1 ""Tongue-tied our queen?"": the deconstruction of presence in The Winter's Tale; 2 ""Ariachne's broken woof "": the rhetoric of citation in Troilus and Cressida; 3 Shakespeare's poetical character in Twelfth Night; 4 Shakespeare and rhetoric: ""dilation"" and ""delation"" in Othello; II The woman's part; 5 Representing Ophelia: women, madness, and the responsibilities of feminist criticism

6 ""The blazon of sweet beauty's best"": Shakespeare's Lucrece7 Shakespearean inscriptions: the voicing of power; 8 The turn of the shrew; III Politics, economy, history; 9 Shakespeare and the exorcists; 10 The politics of desire in Troilus and Cressida; 11 Psychoanalyzing the Shakespeare text: the first three scenes of the Henriad; 12 Pitiful thrivers: failed husbandry in the Sonnets; 13 ""Who does the wolf love?"": Coriolanus and the interpretations of politics; IV The question of Hamlet; 14 Mimesis in Hamlet; 15 Hamlet: letters and spirits; 16 Telmah; Notes on contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

1-134-96442-0

1-138-83402-5

1-134-96443-9

1-280-13942-0

0-203-41474-8

9780203414743

OCLC:

59109055