Author : Patricia A. Parker
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226645858
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (458 download)
Book Synopsis Shakespeare from the Margins by : Patricia A. Parker
Download or read book Shakespeare from the Margins written by Patricia A. Parker and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-06 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the interpretation of Shakespeare, wordplay has often been considered inconsequential, frequently reduced to a decorative "quibble." But in Shakespeare from the Margins: Language, Culture, Context, Patricia Parker, one of the most original interpreters of Shakespeare, argues that attention to Shakespearean wordplay reveals unexpected linkages, not only within and between plays but also between the plays and their contemporary culture. Combining feminist and historical approaches with attention to the "matter" of language as well as of race and gender, Parker's brilliant "edification from the margins" illuminates much that has been overlooked, both in Shakespeare and in early modern culture. This book, a reexamination of popular and less familiar texts, will be indispensable to all students of Shakespeare and the early modern period.