Shakespearean tragedy

Contributor(s):

Drakakis, John. (Editor)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Longman critical readersPublication details: London ; New York : Longman, 1992Description: xi, 433 pISBN:

0582051142
9780582051140

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

822.33 SHA

Contents:

Semiotics. The great eclipse : tragic form as the deconsecration of sovereignty / Franco Moretti -- The breakdown of medieval hierarchy in King Lear / Alessandro Serpieri -- Marxism and materialism. Aristocratic failure / Walter Cohen -- Shakespeare's theater : tradition and experiment / Robert Weimann -- New historicism. The improvisation of power / Stephen Greenblatt -- Cultural materialism. King Lear (c. 1605-6) and essentialist humanism / Jonathan Dollimore -- Feminism. Finding a place / Catherine Belsey -- The late tragedies / Marilyn French -- Representing Ophelia : women, madness and the responsibilities of feminist criticism / Elaine Showalter -- Psychoanalytical criticism. Romeo and Juliet : love-hatred in the couple / Julia Kristeva -- Othello : a tragedy of conversion : black magic and white magic / André Green. "Anger's my meat" : feeding, dependency and aggression in Coriolanus / Janet Adelman -- Post-structuralism and materialism. Albion's confusion / Malcolm Evans -- Value : King Lear, Timon of Athens, Antony and Cleopatra / Terry Eagleton -- A sea shell / Terence Hawkes.

Summary: The outlines of contemporary critical theory are now often taught as a standard feature of a degree in literary studies. This text aims to explore the theoretical issues and conflicts embodied in the essays selected and locates areas of disagreement between positions.

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Semiotics. The great eclipse : tragic form as the deconsecration of sovereignty / Franco Moretti --
The breakdown of medieval hierarchy in King Lear / Alessandro Serpieri --
Marxism and materialism. Aristocratic failure / Walter Cohen --
Shakespeare's theater : tradition and experiment / Robert Weimann --
New historicism. The improvisation of power / Stephen Greenblatt --
Cultural materialism. King Lear (c. 1605-6) and essentialist humanism / Jonathan Dollimore --
Feminism. Finding a place / Catherine Belsey --
The late tragedies / Marilyn French --
Representing Ophelia : women, madness and the responsibilities of feminist criticism / Elaine Showalter --
Psychoanalytical criticism. Romeo and Juliet : love-hatred in the couple / Julia Kristeva --
Othello : a tragedy of conversion : black magic and white magic / André Green. "Anger's my meat" : feeding, dependency and aggression in Coriolanus / Janet Adelman --
Post-structuralism and materialism. Albion's confusion / Malcolm Evans --
Value : King Lear, Timon of Athens, Antony and Cleopatra / Terry Eagleton --
A sea shell / Terence Hawkes.

The outlines of contemporary critical theory are now often taught as a standard feature of a degree in literary studies. This text aims to explore the theoretical issues and conflicts embodied in the essays selected and locates areas of disagreement between positions.

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