224 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Presentist Shakespeares is the first extended study of the principles and practice of 'presentism', a critical movement that takes account of the never-ending dialogue between past and present.
In this bold and consistently thought-provoking collection of presentist readings, the contributors:
argue that the ironies generated by our involvement in time are a fruitful, necessary and an... Read more
General Editor’s Preface. Introduction: Presenting Presentism. Band of Brothers. Historicising New Historicism. ' . . . And I’m the King of France’. Shakespeare, and Belief, in the Future. Present Text: Editing The Merchant of Venice. Action! Henry V. Lavinia as 'Blank Page' and the Presence of Feminist Critical Practices. Hamlet and the Present: Notes on the Moving Aesthetic 'Now'. Troilus and Cressida: The Perils of Presentism. Notes. Bibliography. Index
Biography
Hugh Grady, Terence Hawkes
