Shakespeare and Marx / Gabriel Egan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egan, Gabriel, author.

Series:

Oxford Shakespeare topics.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford Shakespeare topics

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

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

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883--Influence.

Marx, Karl.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

English drama.

Social problems in literature.

Marxist criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marxist cultural theory underlies much teaching and research in university departments of literature and has played a crucial role in the development of recent theoretical work. Feminism, New Historicism, cultural materialism, postcolonial theory, and queer theory all draw upon ideas about cultural production which can be traced to Marx, and significantly each also has a special relation with Renaissance literary studies. This book explores the past and continuing influence of Marx's ideas in work on Shakespeare. Marx's ideas about cultural production and its relation to economic production are clearly explained, together with the standard terminology and concepts such as base/superstructure, ideology, commodity fetishism, alienation, and reification.

Contents:

Shakespeare, Marx, production, and the world of ideas

Marx's influence on Shakespeare studies to 1968

Marx's influence on Shakespeare studies since 1968

Shakespeare and Marx today

Conclusion : Marx and genetics.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03892-9

1-280-75229-7

0-19-151437-3

1-4294-4011-2

OCLC:

476258014