Belsey, Catherine
Shakespeare in theory and practice - Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2010 - vi,207p.
In these essays, collected here for the first time, renowned critic Catherine Belsey puts theory to work in order to register Shakespeare's powers of seduction, together with his moment in history. Teasing out the meanings of the narrative poems, as well as some of the more familiar plays, she demonstrates the possibilities of an attention to textuality that also draws on the archive. A reading of the Sonnets, written specially for this book, analyses their intricate and ambivalent inscription of desire. Between them, these essays trace the progress of theory in the course of three decades, while a new introduction offers a narrative and analytical overview, from a participant's perspective, of some of its key implications.
Written with verve and conviction, this book shows how texts can offer access to the dissonances of the past when theory finds an outcome in practice.
9780748640461
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
English literature--Early modern
Loss (Psychology) in literature
Social values in literature
Political and social views
Religion in literature
Domestic drama, English
Drama--Psychological aspects
822.33 / BEL/S
Shakespeare in theory and practice - Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2010 - vi,207p.
In these essays, collected here for the first time, renowned critic Catherine Belsey puts theory to work in order to register Shakespeare's powers of seduction, together with his moment in history. Teasing out the meanings of the narrative poems, as well as some of the more familiar plays, she demonstrates the possibilities of an attention to textuality that also draws on the archive. A reading of the Sonnets, written specially for this book, analyses their intricate and ambivalent inscription of desire. Between them, these essays trace the progress of theory in the course of three decades, while a new introduction offers a narrative and analytical overview, from a participant's perspective, of some of its key implications.
Written with verve and conviction, this book shows how texts can offer access to the dissonances of the past when theory finds an outcome in practice.
9780748640461
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
English literature--Early modern
Loss (Psychology) in literature
Social values in literature
Political and social views
Religion in literature
Domestic drama, English
Drama--Psychological aspects
822.33 / BEL/S