Essaying Shakespeare / Karen Newman.

Author/creator Newman, Karen, 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxix, 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Myrrha's revenge: Ovid and Shakespeare's reluctant Adonis -- Hayman's missing Hamlet -- Renaissance family politics and Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew -- "And wash the Ethiop white": femininity and the monstrous in Othello -- Portia's ring: gender, sexuality, and theories of exchange in The merchant of Venice -- Ghostwriting: Hamlet and Claude Chabrol's Ophélia -- Englishing the other: "Le tiers exclu" and Shakespeare's Henry V -- Cultural capital's gold standard: Shakespeare and the critical apostrophe in Renaissance studies -- Charactery -- Sartorial economies and suitable style: the anonymous Woodstock and Shakespeare's Richard II -- French Shakespeare: Dryden, Vigny's Othello, and British cultural expansion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [151-188]) and index.
LCCN 2008035346
ISBN9780816655892 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0816655898 (acid-free paper)
ISBN9780816655908 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN0816655901 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR2976 .N49 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold