This book - for a decade the most highly regarded general introduction to Shakespeare - offers students a clear and practical method of approaching a Shakespeare play. This major new edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded to include five new chapters that illustrate the nature and impact of the new approaches to Shakespeare that have swept through literary studies in recent years: structuralism, poststructuralism, deconstruction, feminism, new historicism and cultural materialism.
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This major new edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded to include five new chapters that illustrate the nature and impact of the new approaches to Shakespeare that have swept through literary studies in recent years: structuralism, poststructuralism, deconstruction, feminism, new historicism and cultural materialism.
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General Editors' Preface.- Preface.- PART 1 How to Approach a Shakespeare Play.- Studying a History.- Play Studying a Tragedy.- Studying a Comedy.- Discussing an Extract from a Shakespeare Play.- Writing an Essay.- PART 2 New Approaches to Shakespeare.- Structuralism, Poststructuralism and Deconstruction.- Feminist Criticism.- New Historicism and Cultural Materialism.- Conclusion.- Further Reading.- A List of Shakespeare's Plays.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780333641262
Publisert
1995-07-31
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Red Globe Press
Vekt
339 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
05, UA, UU
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
264

Biographical note

Author John Peck: John Peck is now retired and was formerly Reader in Victorian Literature at Cardiff University, UK. With Martin Coyle he edits the Key Concepts series for Palgrave Macmillan. Author Martin Coyle: Martin Coyle is Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University, UK. With John Peck he edits the Key Concepts series for Palgrave Macmillan.