From the rear cover
Shakespeare's history plays are central to his dramatic achievement. In recent years they have become more widely studied than ever, stimulating intensely contested interpretations, because of their relevance to central contemporary issues such as English and national identities and gender roles. Interpretations of the history plays have been transformed since the 1980s by new theoretically-informed critical approaches. Movements such as New Historicism and cultural materialism, as well as psychoanalytical and post-colonial approaches, have swept away the humanist consensus of the mid-twentieth century with its largely conservative view of the plays. The last decade has seen an emergence of feminist and gender-based readings of plays which were once thought overwhelmingly masculine in their concerns. This book provides an up-to-date critical anthology representing the best work from each of the modern theoretical perspectives. The introduction outlines the changing debate in an area which is now one of the liveliest in Shakespearean criticism. R.J.C. Watt is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Dundee.
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- Title Shakespeare's History Plays
- Author Robert Watt
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 252
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, London
- Date 2003-01-10
- ISBN 9780582418318 / 0582418313
- Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 4.52 x 0.67 in (22.86 x 11.48 x 1.70 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 822
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