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Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine).
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine).
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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This is
Shakespeare
/ Emma Smith.
by
Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine).
Pelican, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2019.
Call #:
822.33 Ds
Subjects
Shakespeare
, William, 1564-1616.
Shakespeare
, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Series
Pelican books ; 30.
ISBN:
9780241392157 (hc.)
Description:
349 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-337) and index.
Summary:
"Is this
Shakespeare
? Well, sort of. But it doesn't really tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about
Shakespeare
is either not true, or just not relevant, deflecting us from investigating the challenges of his inconsistencies and flaws. This electrifying new book thrives on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of
Shakespeare
's plays and their changing topicality. It introduces an intellectually, theatrically and ethically exciting writer who engages with intersectionality as much as with Ovid, with economics as much as poetry: who writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity and sex. It takes us into a world of politicking and copy-catting, as we watch him emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd, the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day; flirting with and skirting round the cut-throat issues of succession politics, religious upheaval and technological change. The
Shakespeare
in this book poses awkward questions rather than offering bland answers, always implicating us in working out what it might mean. This is
Shakespeare
. And he needs your attention."
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