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100	1		_aBelsey, Catherine
245	1	0	_aShakespeare in theory and practice
260			_aEdinburgh _bEdinburgh University Press _c2010
300			_avi,207p.
520			_aIn 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.
650			_aShakespeare, William, 1564-1616
650			_aEnglish literature--Early modern
650			_aLoss (Psychology) in literature
650			_aSocial values in literature
650			_aPolitical and social views
650			_aReligion in literature
650			_aDomestic drama, English
650			_aDrama--Psychological aspects
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