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Vulgar, Sentimental, and Liberal Criticism F. J. Furnivall and T. S. Eliot on Shakespeare and Chaucer.
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Vulgar, Sentimental, and Liberal Criticism F. J. Furnivall and T. S. Eliot on Shakespeare and Chaucer.Vulgar, Sentimental, and Liberal Criticism F. J. Furnivall and T. S. Eliot on Shakespeare and Chaucer.

The ‘‘ordinary emotional person, experiencing a work of art, has a mixed critical and creative reaction. It is made up of comment and opinion, and also new emotions . . . vaguely applied to his own life. [For this] sentimental person . . . a work of art arouses all sorts of emotions which have nothing to do with that work of art whatever, but are accidents of personal association.’’
 
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Marxist Shakespeares
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Marxist ShakespearesMarxist Shakespeares

Marxist Shakespeares uses the rich analytic resources of the Marxist tradition to look at Shakespeare's plays afresh. The book offers new insights into the historical conditions within which Shakespeare's representations of class and gender emerged, and into Shakespeare's role in the global culture industry stretching from Hollywood to the Globe Theatre. A vital resource for students of Shakespeare which includes Marx's own readings of Shakespeare, Derrida on Marx, and also Bourdieu, Bataillle, Negri and Alice Clark.
 
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Shakespeare and Modernity: Early Modern to Millennium
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Shakespeare and Modernity: Early Modern to MillenniumShakespeare and Modernity: Early Modern to Millennium

This in-depth collection of essays traces the changing reception of Shakespeare over the past four hundred years, during which time Shakespeare has variously been seen as the last great exponent of pre-modern Western culture, a crucial inaugurator of modernity, and a prophet of postmodernity. This fresh look at Shakespeare's plays is an important contribution to the revival of the idea of 'modernity' and how we periodise ourselves, and Shakespeare, at the beginning of a new millennium.
 
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Shame in Shakespeare
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Shame in ShakespeareShame in Shakespeare

One of the most intense and painful of our human passions, shame is typically seen in contemporary culture as a disability or a disease to be cured. Shakespeare's ultimately positive portrayal of the emotion challenges this view. Drawing on philosophers and theorists of shame, Shame in Shakespeare analyses the shame and humiliation suffered by the tragic hero, providing not only a new approach to Shakespeare but a committed and provocative argument for reclaiming shame.
 
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Think On My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language
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Think On My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's LanguageThink On My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language

For decades, people have been studying Shakespeare's life and times, and in recent years there has been a renewed surge of interest in aspects of his language. So how can we better understand Shakespeare? David Crystal provides a lively and original introduction to Shakespeare's language, making his plays easily accessible to modern-day audiences. Covering the five main dimensions of language structure - writing system, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and conversational style - this book demonstrates how examining these
 
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