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9781403993199

Why Shakespeare?

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  • ISBN13:

    9781403993199

  • ISBN10:

    140399319X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-04-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

In this exciting new introduction to Shakespeare, Catherine Belsey takes traditional tales as a starting point to argue against the cultural materialists who claim Shakespeare's iconic status is no more than an accident of history. Each chapter shows how one of Shakespeare's best-known plays retells with a difference stories familiar both then and now. Belsey goes on to put forward new readings, teasing out the enigmas that constitute these texts and the interpretations they have inspired.

Author Biography

CATHERINE BELSEY is Research Professor of English at the University of Wales, Swansea.

Table of Contents

Preface
Shakespeare's Singularity
As You Like Itand
The Golden Goose
King Learand the Missing Salt
The Exiled Princes in The Winter's Tale
Fairy Tales for Grown-ups in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamletand the Reluctant Hero
Twelfth Nightand the Riddle of Gender
Cultural Difference as Conundrum in The Merchant of Venice
Happily Ever After?
Further Reading
Abbreviations and References
Notes
Index
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