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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783831703321

Autore

Jardine Lisa

Titolo

Reading Shakespeare historically / / Lisa Jardine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-78060-5

1-134-78061-3

1-280-11493-2

0-203-99377-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

Literature and history - England - History - 16th century

Literature and society - England - History - 16th century

Women and literature - England - History - 16th century

Social problems in literature

Historicism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 'WHY SHOULD HE CALL HER WHORE?'; 2 'NO OFFENCE I' TH' WORLD'; 3 CULTURAL CONFUSION AND SHAKESPEARE'S LEARNED HEROINES; 4 TWINS AND TRAVESTIES; 5 READING AND THE TECHNOLOGY OF TEXTUAL AFFECT; 6 ALIEN INTELLIGENCE; 7 COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE VERSUS MALE FRIENDSHIP; 8 UNPICKING THE TAPESTRY; 9 CONCLUSION; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Reading Shakespeare Historically is a passionate, provocative book by one of the most renowned and popular Renaissance scholars writing today. Charting ten years of critical development, these challenging, witty essays shed new light on Renaissance studies. It also raises intriguing questions about how the culture and history of the past illuminates the key social and political issues of today. Lisa Jardine re-reads Renaissance drama in its historical and cultural context, from laws of defamation in Othello to the competing loyalties of



companionate marriage and male frie