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The most familiar assertion of Shakespeare scholarship is that he is our contemporary. Shakespeare After Theory provocatively argues that he is not, but what value he has for us must at least begin with a recognition of his distance from us. Only then can we be sure that what we hear are his... read more
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- Shakespeare: Add a description of this character.
- James
- Henry Iv
- Falstaff
- Hal
- John Oldcastle
- Richard Iii
- Condell
- Duncan
- Heminges
- Macbeth
- Malcolm
- Taylor
- Elizabeth
- Ben Jonson
- Lear
- Lady Macduff
- Foxe
- Rudolf
- Charles
- Douglas
- Bolingbroke
- Fletcher
- Heywood
- Stephen Greenblatt
- Cobham
- Blount
- Alonso
- Edgar
- Cressida
- Chamberlain
- Prynne
- Henry V
- Gonzalo
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This is a book about reading Shakespeare historically-or, more precisely, a book about a particular way of reading Shakespeare historically.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Scott Kastan (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 822.33
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