Why Shakespeare?
, by Belsey, CatherineNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781403993199 | 140399319X
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/15/2007
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.