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Description

1. xi, 198 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.

Summary

1. Shakespeare and Posthumanist Theory charts challenges in the field of Shakespeare studies to the assumption that the category "human" is real, stable, or worthy of privileging in discussions of the playwright's work. Drawing on a variety of methodologies--cognitive theory, systems theory, animal studies, ecostudies, the new materialisms--the volume investigates the world of Shakespeare's plays and poems in order to represent more thoroughly its variety, its ethics of inclusion, and its resistance to human triumphalism and exceptionalism. Karen Raber, a leading scholar in the field, clearly and cogently guides the reader through complex theoretical terrain, providing fresh, exciting readings of plays including Othello, The Tempest, Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida and Henry IV Part 1.

Series statement

1. Arden Shakespeare and theory

Uniform title

1. Arden Shakespeare and theory.

Subject

1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation
2. Human body (Philosophy)
3. Humanismus > Motiv
4. Philosophical anthropology in literature
5. Posthumanismus
6. Criticism, interpretation, etc
7. Drama
8. Humanism in literature
9. Humanism > 21st century
10. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation > History > 21st century

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. We have never been humanist : genealogies of posthumanism -- Posthuman cosmography -- Bodies and minds -- Neither fish nor fowl -- Techno-bard -- Post-posthumanism? : back to the future.

Call number

1. JFD 18-4133

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-194) and index.

Author

1. Raber, Karen, 1961- author.

Title

1. Shakespeare and posthumanist theory / Karen Raber.

Publisher

1. London, UK ; New York : The Arden Shakespeare, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Arden Shakespeare and theory
2. Arden Shakespeare and theory.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-194) and index.

Other form:

1. Online version: Raber, Karen, 1961- Shakespeare and posthumanist theory. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2018 9781474234467 (DLC) 2017045088

LCCN

1. 2017043796

Other standard identifier

1. 60002250419

ISBN

1. 9781474234436 (hardcover alkaline paper)
2. 1474234437 (hardcover alkaline paper)
3. 9781474234443 (paperback alkaline paper)
4. 1474234445 (paperback alkaline paper)

Research call number

1. JFD 18-4133