Shakespeare's Tragedies and Modern Critical Theory
- ISBN-10
- 0838637116
- ISBN-13
- 9780838637111
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 238
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
- Author
- James Cunningham
Description
Individual chapters deal with cultural materialism, new historicism, poststructuralism, and feminist criticism. The theoretical basis of each critical mode is examined and some representative critiques analyzed. Most importantly, in each chapter the various interpretations are tested against Shakespeare's texts, and the strengths and weaknesses of the different readings are assessed.
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