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Shakespeare and Modernity

Early Modern to Millennium
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Shakespeare has variously been seen as the last great exponent of pre-modern Western culture, a crucial inaugurator of modernity, and a prophet of postmodernity. This exciting collection of essays probes these varying perceptions of Shakespeare's relation to modernity and tracing the changing reception of Shakespeare over the past four hundred years. Along the way it provides fascinating insights into: the nature of individuality, identity, and the self the inter-relations of the rise of capitalism, nation-states, modern gender roles and secular culture the development of art as a secular and critical mode of knowledge the beginnings of Western colonialism, racism, and anti-Semitism. Linda Charnes, Stephen Cohen, John Drakakis, Lars Engle, Lisa Freinkel, Hugh Grady, John Joughin, Eric Mallin, Charles Whitney

Author Biography:

Hugh Grady is Professor of English at Beaver College, Pennsylvania, USA. He is the author of The Modernist Shakespeare (1991) and Shakespeare's Universal Wolf (1996).
Release date Australia
August 10th, 2000
Audience
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributor
  • Edited by Hugh Grady
Pages
256
Dimensions
140x216x18
ISBN-13
9780415212007
Product ID
1739742

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