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A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare
Contributor(s): Callaghan, Dympna (Editor)
ISBN: 1119240042     ISBN-13: 9781119240044
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $44.41  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2022
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BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Shakespeare
- Literary Criticism | Shakespeare
Dewey: 822.33
Physical Information: 608 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

The question is not whether Shakespeare studies needs feminism, but whether feminism needs Shakespeare. This is the explicitly political approach taken in the dynamic and newly updated edition of A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare.

  • Provides the definitive feminist statement on Shakespeare for the 21st century
  • Updates address some of the newest theatrical andcreative engagements with Shakespeare, offering fresh insights into Shakespeare's plays and poems, and gender dynamics in early modern England
  • Contributors come from across the feminist generations and from various stages in their careers to address what is new in the field in terms of historical and textual discovery
  • Explores issues vital to feminist inquiry, including race, sexuality, the body, queer politics, social economies, religion, and capitalism
  • In addition to highlighting changes, it draws attention to the strong continuities of scholarship in this field over the course of the history of feminist criticism of Shakespeare
  • The previous edition was a recipient of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title award; this second edition maintains its coverage and range, and bringsthe scholarship right up to the present day