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Shakespeare and Posthumanist Theory
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Shakespeare and Posthumanist Theory
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Karen Raber
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Series | Shakespeare and Theory |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:216 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Literary theory Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800 |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781474234436
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Classifications | Dewey:822.33 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
5 bw illus
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Imprint |
The Arden Shakespeare
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Publication Date |
5 April 2018 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Shakespeare and Posthumanist Theory charts challenges in the field of Shakespeare studies to the assumption that the category "human" is real, stable, or worthy of privileging in discussions of the playwright's work. Drawing on a variety of methodologies - cognitive theory, systems theory, animal studies, ecostudies, the new materialisms - the volume investigates the world of Shakespeare's plays and poems in order to represent more thoroughly its variety, its ethics of inclusion, and its resistance to human triumphalism and exceptionalism. Karen Raber, a leading scholar in the field, clearly and cogently guides the reader through complex theoretical terrain, providing fresh, exciting readings of plays including Othello, The Tempest, Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida and Henry IV Part 1.
Author Biography
Karen Raber is Professor of English at the University of Mississippi, USA, specializing in early modern literature and culture. She has published extensively in the fields of gender and early modern women writers, animal studies, and ecostudies.
ReviewsAn excellent orientation to this theory and practice that will interest multiple audiences. In no-nonsense prose, Raber sets out the intellectual genealogy of posthumanism... * Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *
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