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Shakespearean negotiations : the circulation of social energy in Renaissance England / Stephen Greenblatt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenblatt, Stephen, author.
- Series:
- New historicism.
- New historicism : studies in cultural poetics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Political and social views.
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- England--Civilization--16th century.
- England.
- England--Civilization--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 205 pages)
- Other Title:
- Shakespearean negotiations
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Stephen Greenblatt has been at the center of a major shift in literary interpretation toward a critical method that situates cultural creation in history. Shakespearean Negotiations is a sustained and powerful exemplification of this innovative method, offering a new way of understanding the power of Shakespeare's achievement and, beyond this, an original analysis of cultural process.
- Contents:
- 1. The circulation of social energy
- 2. Invisible bullets
- 3. Fiction and friction
- 4. Shakespeare and the exorcists
- 5. Martial law in the land of Cockaigne.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-198) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb09132 hdl
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