Titus Andronicus: The State of Play

Shakespeare''s and Peele''s Titus Andronicus has had a theatrical and a critical revival in the last fifteen years; the critical revival was perhaps prompted by Jonathan Bate''s Arden edition of the play and its revision of the traditional critical account that it is an immature work and overly sensationalistic with its emphasis on non-essential violence. Recent debates and approaches have drawn closer attention to the play''s classicism; re-defined its genre (for example the revised edition of the New Dramatic Sources will re-classify the play as one of Shakespeare''s Roman plays); re-considered the nature of violent spectacle, family relations and kinship, political alliance, race and miscegenation. This study will explore how the revitalized critical responses to early modern and contemporary performance histories has had a significant impact upon the wider reception of this play.

About the author

Farah Karim-Cooper is Head of Higher Education & Research, Shakespeare’s Globe and Professor of Shakespeare Studies, King’s College London, UK.

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Product details

• Authors: Farah Karim Cooper, Lena Cowen (King''''s College London Uk) Orlin
• Assisted by: Farah Karim Cooper (Editor), Farah Karim-Cooper (Editor), Lena Cowen Orlin (Editor), Lena Cowen (King's College London UK) Orlin (Editor), Ann Thompson (Editor)
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781350027398
• ISBN: 978-1-350-02739-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Arden Shakespeare The State of Play; Arden Shakespeare the State of; Arden Shakespeare The State of Play; Arden Shakespeare the State of
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean