1st Edition

The Shakespearean International Yearbook 17: Special Section, Shakespeare and Value

Edited By Tom Bishop, Alexa Joubin Copyright 2018
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

Currently in its seventeenth year and formerly published by Ashgate, The Shakespearean International Yearbook surveys the present state of Shakespeare studies, addressing issues that are fundamental to our interpretive encounter with Shakespeare's work and his time, across the whole spectrum of his literary output. Contributions are solicited from among the most active and insightful scholars... Read more

Contents



Preface



General Editors





PART I: SPECIAL SECTION: SHAKESPEARE AND VALUE









  1. Introduction: Simon Haines






2. Why Is Shakespeare the World’s Most-Performed Dramatist?



Graham Bradshaw





3. "What’s aught but as ’tis valued?": Problems of Value and Unequal Exchange in The Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida, and Cymbeline



Ros King





4. "The god called Nothingness": Büchner, Shakespeare and Original Sin



John Gillies





5. Sprezzatura and Cultural Capital in The Merchant of Venice



Indira Ghose





6. Shakespeare and Dependency



Peter Holbrook





7. "Dress’d in a Little Brief Authority": Shakespeare and the Value of Dissent



R. S. White





8. Glassy Essence and the Life of Pi: Incommensurability in Measure for Measure



Simon Haines





PART II: REVIEW ESSAY





9. A New Era of Global Shakespeare: The State of the Field, 2014-2015



Carla Della Gatta





 



Bibliography



Notes on Contributors



Index

Biography

Tom Bishop, Professor of English, University of Auckland, New Zealand





Alexa Alice Joubin, Professor of English, George Washington University and Research Affiliate, MIT, USA