274 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Shakespeare has made the big time. No less than the Beatles or Liberace, Elvis Presley or Mick Jagger, Shakespeare is big-time in the idiomatic sense of cultural success and widespread notoriety. Not only has he achieved canonical status, Shakespeare is a contemporary celebrity. His artistic distinction and aptitude for controversy constantly keeps his name in the public eye. Bristol debates... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgements, Part I: The supply side of culture, 1. Introduction, 2. The bias of the world, 3. Shakespearean technologies, 4. Crying all the way to the bank, Part II The pathos of Western modernity, 5. Re-introduction: Essential Shakespeare, 6. Social time in The Winter's Tale , 7. Race and the comedy of abjection in Othello , 8. Calvin and Hobbes, or what was democracy, References. Index.
Biography
Michael D. Bristol
'A timely and important book.' - Times Higher Education Supplement
"sharp and funny...takes readers on an intellectually thrilling ride...If readers can recognise Bristol's gift, they'll receive cultural philosophy and criticism at its best...Not all critics reach this big-time understanding. In this, Bristol...not only follows Shakespeare, he succeeds him." - The Times Literary Supplement
' ... lively study ...' - The Observer
