1st Edition
Shakespeare, Jonson, and the Claims of the Performative
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book will constitute an original intervention into longstanding but insistently relevant debates around the significance of notions of ‘performativity’ to the critical analysis of early modern drama. In particular, the book aims to: show how the investigation of performativity can enable readings of Shakespeare and Jonson that challenge the dominant methodological frameworks... Read more
Introduction. Sea-changes 1. Promises 2. Excuses 3. Libels 4. Declarations 5. Animation 6. Seriousness 7. Theatre
Biography
James Loxley is Professor of Early Modern Literature at the University of Edinburgh.
Mark Robson teaches at the University of Nottingham.
