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Shakespeare and Modernity: Early Modern to Millennium
Contributor(s): Grady, Hugh (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0415212014     ISBN-13: 9780415212014
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $47.45  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2000
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Annotation: 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 traces 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, and secular culture
* the sexual division of labor and gender identity
* the beginnings of Western colonialism, racism, and anti-Semitism.
This fresh look at Shakespeare's plays is an important contribution to the revival of the idea of 'modernity' and how we periodise ourselves, and Shakespeare, at the beginning of a new millennium.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Shakespeare
Dewey: 822.33
LCCN: 00025453
Series: Accents on Shakespeare
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.47" W x 8.53" L (0.6 lbs) 246 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Library Journal 02/01/2001 pg. 89
 
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This in-depth collection of essays traces the changing reception of Shakespeare over the past four hundred years, during which time 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 fresh look at Shakespeare's plays is an important contribution to the revival of the idea of 'modernity' and how we periodise ourselves, and Shakespeare, at the beginning of a new millennium.
 
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