Shakespeare and Cultural Materialist Theory

Shakespeare and Cultural Materialist Theory
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 9781472572950
ISBN-13 : 1472572955
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare and Cultural Materialist Theory by : Christopher Marlow

Download or read book Shakespeare and Cultural Materialist Theory written by Christopher Marlow and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural materialism is one of the most important and one of the most provocative theories to have emerged in the last thirty years. Combining close attention to Shakespearean texts and the conditions of their production with an explicit left-wing political affiliation, cultural materialism offers readers a radical avenue through which to engage with Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare and Cultural Materialist Theory charts the inception and development of this theory, setting out its central tenets and analysing the work of key thinkers such as Alan Sinfield, Jonathan Dollimore, Terence Hawkes and Catherine Belsey. Unlike most literary theories, cultural materialism attempts to use the study of Shakespeare to intervene in the politics of the present day, and its unsettling approach has not passed without objection, both within academia and without. This book considers the debates, scandals and controversies caused by cultural materialism, and by applying it to Shakespeare afresh, demonstrates that the theory is still very much alive and kicking.


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