Book Series in Literature

Accents on Shakespeare

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Gothic Shakespeares

Edited by John Drakakis, Dale Townshend

Readings of Shakespeare were both influenced by and influential in the rise of Gothic forms in literature and culture from the late eighteenth century onwards.…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42067-9 (Routledge)

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Presentist Shakespeares

Edited by Hugh Grady, Terence Hawkes

Presentist Shakespeares is the first extended study of the principles and practice of 'presentism', a critical movement that takes account of the never-ending dialogue between…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-38529-9 (Routledge)

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Shakespeare, Authority, Sexuality

Unfinished Business in Cultural Materialism

By Alan Sinfield

Shakespeare, Authority, Sexuality is a powerful reassessment of cultural materialism as a way of understanding textuality, history and culture, by one of the founding figures…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40236-1 (Routledge)

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Green Shakespeare

From Ecopolitics to Ecocriticism

By Gabriel Egan

Ecocriticism, a theoretical movement examining cultural constructions of Nature in their social and political contexts, is making an increasingly important contribution to our understanding of…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32296-6 (Routledge)

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Hamlet's Heirs

Shakespeare and The Politics of a New Millennium

By Linda Charnes

Speaking to readers in a voice that is adventurous rather than authoritative, innovative rather than institutional and speculative rather than orthodox, Linda Charnes’ provocative study…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-26194-4 (Routledge)

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Spiritual Shakespeares

Edited by Ewan Fernie

Spiritual Shakespeares is the first book to explore the scope for reading Shakespeare spiritually in the light of contemporary theory and current world events. Ewan…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31967-6 (Routledge)

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Making Shakespeare

From Stage to Page

By Tiffany Stern

Making Shakespeare is a lively introduction to the major issues of the stage and print history, whilst also raising questions about what a Shakespeare play…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31965-2 (Routledge)

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Shakespeare in the Present

By Terence Hawkes

Shakespeare in the Present is a stunning collection of essays by Terence Hawkes, which engage with, explain, and explore 'presentism'. Presentism is a critical manoeuvre…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-26196-8 (Routledge)

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The Sound of Shakespeare

By Wes Folkerth

The 'Sound of Shakespeare' reveals the surprising extent to which Shakespeare's art is informed by the various attitudes, beliefs, practices and discourses that pertained to…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25377-2 (Routledge)

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Shame in Shakespeare

By Ewan Fernie

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…

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2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25828-9 (Routledge)

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Series Details:

General Editor: Terence Hawkes, Emeritus Professor, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK

The Accents on Shakespeare series provides short, powerful 'cutting edge' accounts of and comments on new developments in Shakespeare studies. The volumes either 'apply' theory, or broaden and adapt it in order to connect with concrete teaching concerns. In the process, they also reflect and engage with the major developments in Shakespearean studies of the last ten years.

'Accents on Shakespeare proves that Shakespeare is still where the challenging work in English is being done. These sparky and authoritative books reopen some of the unresolved questions and move us on to new ones.'
Alan Sinfield, University of Sussex, UK

'Accents on Shakespeare is shaping up as everything a streetwise series of books on the Bard should be: engaged, imaginative, heretical and occasionally outrageous. No one who aims to have their finger on the pulse of Shakespeare studies can afford to ignore it.'
Kiernan Ryan, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

'I have personally purchased and studied every one of the new Accents on Shakespeare volumes ... and repeatedly turn to them as resources for my own research and teaching. My students - graduate and undergraduate alike - find them invaluable, as I do. They are remarkably comprehensive, timely, and informative, and an essential way to keep current with the fundamental ideas in Shakespearean criticism.'
Arthur F. Kinney, Thomas W. Copeland Professor of Literary History, University of Massachusetts, USA

'Accents on Shakespeare is shaping up as everything a streetwise series of books on the Bard should be: engaged, imaginative, heretical and occasionally outrageous. No one who aims to have their finger on the pulse of Shakespeare studies can afford to ignore it.'
Kiernan Ryan, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

'I have personally purchased and studied every one of the new Accents on Shakespeare volumes ... and repeatedly turn to them as resources for my own research and teaching. My students - graduate and undergraduate alike - find them invaluable, as I do. They are remarkably comprehensive, timely, and informative, and an essential way to keep current with the fundamental ideas in Shakespearean criticism.'
Arthur F. Kinney, Thomas W. Copeland Professor of Literary History, University of Massachusetts, USA