Shakespeare and the Question of Theory [Paperback]

The theoretical ferment which has affected literary studies over the last decade has called into question traditional ways of thinking about, classifying and interpreting texts. Shakespeare has been not just the focus of a variety of divergent critical movements within recent years, but also increasingly the locus of emerging debates within, and with, theory itself. This collection of essays, written by distinguished and powerful critics in the fields of literary theory and Shakespeare studies, is intended both for those interested in Shakespeare and for those interested more generally in the emerging debates within contemporary criticism and theory.
This challenging and lively volume contains essays by Stephen Greenblatt, Elaine Showalter, Jonathan Goldberg, Stanley Cavell, Robert Weimann, Margaret Fergusson, Howard Felperin and many others.`... students will find it a valuable text for introducing some of the liveliest debates in modern Shakespearean criticism.' - Christopher Norris, British Book NewsGeoffrey H. Hartman, Patricia ParkerIntroduction, I Language, rhetoric, deconstruction, II The woman's part, III Politics, economy, history, IV The question of Hamlet, Notes on contributorsUSThe collection as a whole, ? 1985 Methuen & Co. Ltd and Methuen, Inc. Chapter 13 ? 1984 Stanley Cavell Other chapters ? 1985 the respective author