Shakespeare After TheoryRoutledge, 2013 M05 13 - 256 pages The most familiar assertion of Shakespeare scholarship is that he is our contemporary. Shakespeare After Theory provocatively argues that he is not, but what value he has for us must at least begin with a recognition of his distance from us. |
Contents
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Editing Shakespeare Today | 59 |
Shakespeare in Print | 71 |
Oldcastle and Falstaff | 93 |
7 | 122 |
The King hath many marching in his Coats | 129 |
Macbeth and the Name of King | 165 |
The Closing of the Theaters | 199 |
Index | 258 |
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