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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158603903321

Autore

Laroche Rebecca

Titolo

Shakespeare and theory / / Rebecca Laroche and Jennifer Munroe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4725-9048-1

1-4725-9047-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages)

Collana

Arden Shakespeare and Theory

Classificazione

LIT015000DRA010000

Disciplina

822.33

Soggetti

Ecofeminism in literature

Ecocriticism in literature

Sex role in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Ecofeminism and the Seeds of Time -- Chapter Two: The Undomesticated: Chinks in the Wall -- Chapter Three: The Supernatural: Revising Science -- Chapter Four: The Inanimate -- Chapter Five: Archival and Other Sources / Further Reading -- Conclusion -- Glossary.

Sommario/riassunto

"Ecofeminism has been an important field of theory in philosophy and environmental studies for decades. It takes as its primary concern the way the relationship between the human and nonhuman is both material and cultural, but it also investigates how this relationship is inherently entangled with questions of gender equity and social justice. Shakespeare and Ecofeminist Theory engagingly establishes a history of ecofeminist scholarship relevant to early modern studies, and provides a clear overview of this rich field of philosophical enquiry. Through fresh, detailed readings of Shakespeare's poetry and drama, this volume is a wholly original study articulating the ways in which we can better understand the world of Shakespeare's plays, and the relationships between men, women, animals, and plants that we see in them"--