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Product Identifiers
PublisherCornell University Press
ISBN-100801482291
ISBN-139780801482298
eBay Product ID (ePID)1140298
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhat Was Shakespeare? : Renaissance Plays and Changing Critical Practice
Number of Pages200 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicDrama, Shakespeare, Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Europe / Renaissance, General
Publication Year1995
GenreLiterary Criticism, History
AuthorEdward Pechter
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight11 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN94-025366
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal822.3/3
SynopsisWhat was Shakespeare? For Edward Pechter, the question does not concern the time-worn mystery of identity--whether the Bard was the glover's son from Stratford or the Earl of Oxford or any of the other pretenders. Instead, Pechter examines how our talk about the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries has changed since the 1960s. Viewing today's critical scene with affectionate humor and dauntless penetration, Pechter assesses the problems, the disagreements, the disruptions, and the continuities that have accompanied the reign of poststructuralism., What was Shakespeare? For Edward Pechter, the question does not concern the time-worn mystery of identity--whether the Bard was the glover's son from Stratford or the Earl of Oxford or any of the other pretenders. Instead, Pechter examines how our...