Shakespeare: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1945-2000

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Russ McDonald
Wiley, Jan 30, 2004 - Literary Criticism - 952 pages
Shakespeare: Criticism and Theory is an anthology of the most significant essays and book chapters published on Shakespeare in the second half of the twentieth century.

  • An anthology of about 50 of the most significant essays and book chapters published on Shakespeare in the second half of the twentieth century.
  • Introduces students to the variety of theoretical positions, thematic claims, methodologies, and modes of argument in Shakespeare criticism over the last 50 years.
  • Critical views represented range from the old style historicism of E.M.W. Tillyard and the new criticism of William Empson to the new historicism of Stephen Greenblatt and the feminist perspective of Catherine Belsey.
  • Pieces are organised into categories of critical thought and introduced in clear language.
  • Most pieces are reproduced in their entirety.

About the author (2004)

Russ McDonald is Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has written extensively on Shakespeare and early modern literature and culture, most recently in Shakespeare and the Art of Language (2001) and The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare (Second Edition, 2001).

Bibliographic information

TitleShakespeare: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1945-2000
EditorRuss McDonald
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherWiley, 2004
ISBN0631234888, 9780631234883
Length952 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Literary Criticism / Shakespeare
  
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