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008			120618s2012 stk o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9781474423540
020			_z9780748646135
035			_a(OCoLC)1111390552
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
100	1		_aParvini, Neema.
245	1	0	_aShakespeare's History Plays : _bRethinking Historicism / _cNeema Parvini.
264		1	_aEdinburgh : _bEdinburgh University Press, _c2012.
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2019
264		4	_c©2012.
300			_a1 online resource (256 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCh. 1: Introduction -- ch. 2: New historicism -- ch. 3: Cultural materialism -- ch. 4: An argument against anti-humanism -- ch. 5: Solutions -- ch. 6: Shakespeare's historical and political thought in context -- ch. 7: Personal action and agency in Henry VI -- ch. 8: Ideology in Richard II and Henry IV -- ch. 9: Conclusion.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aBoldly moves criticism of Shakespeare's history plays beyond anti-humanist theoretical approaches This important intervention in the critical and theoretical discourse of Shakespeare studies summarises, evaluates and ultimately calls time on the mode of criticism that has prevailed in Shakespeare studies over the past thirty years. It heralds a new, more dynamic way of reading Shakespeare as a supremely intelligent and creative political thinker, whose history plays address and illuminate the very questions with which cultural historicists have been so preoccupied since the 1980s. The book reignites old debates and re-energises recent bids to humanise Shakespeare and to restore agency to the individual in the critical readings of his plays. Key Features. * Re-evaluates the legacy of new historicism and cultural materialism and intervenes in vital theoretical debates about human nature, the relationship between the individual and society, and the scope for individual political agency * Questions the anti-essentialist, anti-humanist theoretical framework that has held sway in Shakespeare studies since the 1980s and develops a critical practice which appreciates Shakespeare's startling insights into personal agency in history and ideology * Provides original new readings of the first and second tetralogies that demonstrate Shakespeare's unique and radical take on the workings of power, history, and individual agency Keywords. Shakespeare, History Plays, Anti-humanism, New Historicism, Cultural Materialism, Critical Theory
546			_aIn English.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	7	_aShakespeare, William, _d1564-1616 _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00029048
600	1	1	_aShakespeare, William, _d1564-1616 _xHistories.
600	1	0	_aShakespeare, William, _d1564-1616 _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	1	0	_aShakespeare, William, _d1564-1616 _xHistories.
650		7	_aHistoricism in literature. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00958220
650		7	_aChronicle plays of William Shakespeare. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01352290
650		7	_aDRAMA _xShakespeare. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM _xShakespeare. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aBiography and True Stories. _2bicssc
650		6	_aHistoricisme dans la litterature.
650		0	_aHistoricism in literature.
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/65986/
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