Essaying Shakespeare
By (Author) Karen Newman
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st August 2009
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
822.33
Paperback
232
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 15mm
For more than twenty-five years, Karen Newman has brought her critical acumen to bear on early modern studies. In this collection of her essays on Shakespearesome acknowledged classics and others never before publishedNewman shows how changing theoretical trends have shaped Shakespeare studies, from new historicism and gender studies to critical race studies and globalization.
Karen Newman is professor of English at New York University. She has written widely on Shakespeare and Renaissance letters and culture.