The Arden research handbook of contemporary Shakespeare criticism / edited by Evelyn Gajowski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gajowski, Evelyn, editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Arden Shakespeare handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 368 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : The Arden Shakespeare, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2021.

Summary:

"The Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticism is a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to research on critical approaches to Shakespeare by an international team of leading scholars. It contains chapters on 20 specific critical practices, each grounded in analysis of a Shakespeare play. These practices range from foundational approaches including character studies, close reading and genre studies, through those that emerged in the 1970s and '80s that challenged the preconceptions on which traditional liberal humanism is based, including feminism, cultural materialism and new historicism. Perspectives drawn from postcolonial, queer studies and critical race studies, besides more recent critical practices including presentism, ecofeminism and cognitive ethology all receive detailed treatment. In addition to its coverage of 20 distinct critical approaches, the handbook contains various sections that provide non-specialists with practical help: an A-Z glossary of key terms and concepts, a chronology of major publications and events, an introduction to resources for study of the field, and a substantial annotated bibliography. The Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticism is an essential reference work aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as scholars beginning or developing research in the field"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE FOUNDATIONAL STUDIES

1.1. Close reading and New Criticism / Kent Cartwright

1.2. Genre studies / Michelle M. Dowd

1.3. Character studies / Michael Bristol

pt. TWO CHALLENGES TO TRADITIONAL LIBERAL HUMANISM

2.1. Marxist studies / Christian Smith

2.2. New historicist studies / Hugh Grady

2.3. Cultural materialist studies / Christopher Marlow

2.4. Feminist studies / Jessica McCall

2.5. Psychoanalytic studies / Carolyn E. Brown

pt. THREE MATTERS OF DIFFERENCE

3.1. Critical race studies / Arthur L. Little Jr.

3.2. Postcolonial studies / Ruben Espinosa

3.3. Queer studies / Anthony Guy Patricia

pt. FOUR MILLENNIAL DIRECTIONS

4.1. Ecocritical studies / Randall Martin

4.2. Computational studies / Brett Greatley-Hirsch

4.3. Spiritual studies / Peter Atkinson

4.4. Presentist studies / Miguel Ramalhete Gomes

4.5. Global studies / Alexa Alice Joubin

pt. FIVE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY DIRECTIONS

5.1. Disability studies / Katherine Schaap Williams

5.2. Ecofeminist studies / Rebecca Laroche

5.3. Posthumanist studies / Karen Ruber

5.4. Cognitive ethology studies / Craig Dionne

APPENDICES

Appendix A Timeline of significant developments / Evelyn Gajowski

Appendix B A

Z glossary of key terms / Gary Lindeburg

Appendix C Annotated bibliography / Dorothy C. Vanderford

Appendix D Resources for further research / Gary Lindeburg.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Arden research handbook of contemporary Shakespeare criticism

ISBN:

9781350093225

135009322X

OCLC:

1158504666

Publisher Number:

99986731559