Shakespeare After TheoryPsychology Press, 1999 - 264 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. |
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Reading Shakespeare Historically | 15 |
Shakespeare after Theory | 23 |
Are We Being Interdisciplinary Yet? | 43 |
Editing Shakespeare Today | 59 |
Shakespeare in Print | 71 |
Oldcastle and Falstaff | 93 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Shakespeare After Theory Literary studies |
| Authors | David Scott Kastan, George M Bodman Professor of English David Scott Kastan |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0415901138, 9780415901130 |
| Length | 264 pages |
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