Shakespeare and Modern Culture

Synopsis

From one of the world’s premier Shakespeare scholars, author ofShakespeare After All(“the indispensable introduction to the indispensable writer”–Newsweek): a magisterial new study whose premise is “that Shakespeare makes modern culture and that modern culture makes Shakespeare. ” Shakespeare has determined many of the ideas that we think of as “naturally” our own and even as “naturally” true–ideas about human character, individuality and selfhood, government, leadership, love and jealousy, men and women, youth and age. Yet many of these ideas, timely as ever, have been reimagined–are indeed often now first encountered–not only in modern fiction, theater, film, and the news but also in the literature of psychology, sociology, political theory, business, medicine, and law. Marjorie Garber delves into ten plays to explore the interrelationships between Shakespeare and twentieth century and contemporary culture–from James Joyce’sUlyssesto George W. Bush’s reading list. InThe Merchant of Venice,she looks at the question of intention; inHamlet, the matter of character; inKing Lear,the dream of sublimity; inOthello,the persistence of difference; and inMacbeth,the necessity of interpretation. She discusses the conundrum of man inThe Tempest; the quest for exemplarity inHenry V; the problem of fact inRichard III; the estrangement of self inCoriolanus; and the untimeliness of youth inRomeo and Juliet. Shakespeare and Modern Culture is a tour de force reimagining of our own mental and emotional landscape as refracted through the prism of protean “Shakespeare. ” From the Hardcover edition.

Copyright:

2008

Book Details

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780307377951

Related ISBNs:

9780307377678, 9780307390967, 9780521630733, 9780521669023

Publisher:

Knopf

Date of Addition:

12/06/10

Copyrighted By:

Marjorie Garber

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts

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