| Titus Andronicus: The State of Play Contributor(s): Karim Cooper, Farah (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350027391 ISBN-13: 9781350027398 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $128.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare |
| Series: Arden Shakespeare the State of Play |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.85 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Shakespeare's and Peele's Titus Andronicus has had a theatrical and a critical revival in the last fifteen years; the critical revival was perhaps prompted by Jonathan Bate's Arden edition of the play and its revision of the traditional critical account that it is an immature work and overly sensationalistic with its emphasis on non-essential violence. Recent debates and approaches have drawn closer attention to the play's classicism; re-defined its genre (for example the revised edition of the New Dramatic Sources will re-classify the play as one of Shakespeare's Roman plays); re-considered the nature of violent spectacle, family relations and kinship, political alliance, race and miscegenation. This study will explore how the revitalized critical responses to early modern and contemporary performance histories has had a significant impact upon the wider reception of this play. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thompson, Ann: - ANN THOMPSON is Professor of English and Director of the London Shakespeare Centre and King's College London |