Alternative Shakespeares / [edited by] John Drakakis.

Contributor(s):

Drakakis, John

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: New accents (Routledge (Firm))Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 271 p. : illISBN:

9780203425749 (ebook : PDF)
9781032296678

Subject(s):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation

Additional physical formats: No title; No title; No title; No titleDDC classification:

822.33 DRA

Also available in print edition.

Contents:

COVER PAGE ALTERNATIVE SHAKESPEARES IN THE SAME SERIES TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT PAGE GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CONTRIBUTORS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NOTE 1 INTRODUCTION I II III IV 2 SWISSER-SWATTER: MAKING A MAN OF ENGLISH LETTERS I: MAN OF IND II: MAN OF LETTERS III: SUPERMAN IV: GERMAN V: SCARMAN 3 POST-STRUCTURALIST SHAKESPEARE: TEXT AND IDEOLOGY I II III IV 4 DECONSTRUCTING SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDIES I: AFFECTING THE LETTER II: FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES III: COOKING THE BOOKS 5 SEXUALITY IN THE READING OF SHAKESPEARE: HAMLET AND MEASURE FOR MEASURE I II III IV 6 READING THE SIGNS: TOWARDS A SEMIOTICS OF SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA 7 SHAKESPEARE IN IDEOLOGY I II III 8 DISRUPTING SEXUAL DIFFERENCE: MEANING AND GENDER IN THE COMEDIES I II III IV V VI 9 NYMPHS AND REAPERS HEAVILY VANISH: THE DISCURSIVE CON-TEXTS OF THE TEMPEST I II III IV V VI 10 HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY: THE INSTANCE OF HENRY V I II AFTERWORD NOTES 2 SWISSER-SWATTER: MAKING A MAN OF ENGLISH LETTERS 4 DECONSTRUCTING SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDIES 5 SEXUALITY IN THE READING OF SHAKESPEARE: HAMLET AND MEASURE FOR MEASURE 6 READING THE SIGNS: TOWARDS A SEMIOTICS OF SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA 7 SHAKESPEARE IN IDEOLOGY 8 DISRUPTING SEXUAL DIFFERENCE: MEANING AND GENDER IN THE COMEDIES 9 NYMPHS AND REAPERS HEAVILY VANISH: THE DISCURSIVE CON-TEXTS OF THE TEMPEST 10 HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY: THE INSTANCE OF HENRY V BIBLIOGRAPHY

Summary: When critical theory met literary studies in the 1970s and '80s, some of the most radical and exciting theoretical work centred on the quasi-sacred figure of Shakespeare. In Alternative Shakespeares, John Drakakis brought together key essays by founding figures in this movement to remake Shakespeare studies. A new afterword by Robert Weimann outlines the extraordinary impact of Alternative Shakespeares on academic Shakespeare studies. But as yet, the Shakespeare myth continues to thrive both in Stratford and in our schools. These essays are as relevant and as powerful as they were upon publication and with a contributor list that reads like a 'who's who' of modern Shakespeare studies, Alternative Shakespeares demands to be read.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-264) and index.

COVER PAGE
ALTERNATIVE SHAKESPEARES
IN THE SAME SERIES
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CONTRIBUTORS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTE
1 INTRODUCTION
I
II
III
IV
2 SWISSER-SWATTER: MAKING A MAN OF ENGLISH LETTERS
I: MAN OF IND
II: MAN OF LETTERS
III: SUPERMAN
IV: GERMAN
V: SCARMAN
3 POST-STRUCTURALIST SHAKESPEARE: TEXT AND IDEOLOGY
I
II
III
IV
4 DECONSTRUCTING SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDIES
I: AFFECTING THE LETTER
II: FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES
III: COOKING THE BOOKS
5 SEXUALITY IN THE READING OF SHAKESPEARE: HAMLET AND MEASURE FOR MEASURE
I
II
III
IV
6 READING THE SIGNS: TOWARDS A SEMIOTICS OF SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA
7 SHAKESPEARE IN IDEOLOGY
I
II
III
8 DISRUPTING SEXUAL DIFFERENCE: MEANING AND GENDER IN THE COMEDIES
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
9 NYMPHS AND REAPERS HEAVILY VANISH: THE DISCURSIVE CON-TEXTS OF THE TEMPEST
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
10 HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY: THE INSTANCE OF HENRY V
I
II
AFTERWORD
NOTES
2 SWISSER-SWATTER: MAKING A MAN OF ENGLISH LETTERS
4 DECONSTRUCTING SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDIES
5 SEXUALITY IN THE READING OF SHAKESPEARE: HAMLET AND MEASURE FOR MEASURE
6 READING THE SIGNS: TOWARDS A SEMIOTICS OF SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA
7 SHAKESPEARE IN IDEOLOGY
8 DISRUPTING SEXUAL DIFFERENCE: MEANING AND GENDER IN THE COMEDIES
9 NYMPHS AND REAPERS HEAVILY VANISH: THE DISCURSIVE CON-TEXTS OF THE TEMPEST
10 HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY: THE INSTANCE OF HENRY V
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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When critical theory met literary studies in the 1970s and '80s, some of the most radical and exciting theoretical work centred on the quasi-sacred figure of Shakespeare. In Alternative Shakespeares, John Drakakis brought together key essays by founding figures in this movement to remake Shakespeare studies. A new afterword by Robert Weimann outlines the extraordinary impact of Alternative Shakespeares on academic Shakespeare studies. But as yet, the Shakespeare myth continues to thrive both in Stratford and in our schools. These essays are as relevant and as powerful as they were upon publication and with a contributor list that reads like a 'who's who' of modern Shakespeare studies, Alternative Shakespeares demands to be read.