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Zusatztext The essays show that ‘Foundational studies,’ ‘Challenges to traditional liberal humanism,’ ‘Matters of difference,’ ‘Millennial directions,’ and ‘Twenty-First Century directions’—the sections into which the book is divided—are applicable, fertile, productive, and, importantly, mutually enriching … The volume reminds us that Shakespeare criticism is not just a matter of grabbing academic credentials and skills for monoculture, but also a matter of mutual care within a large international Shakespearean community. Informationen zum Autor Evelyn Gajowski is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. Klappentext The Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticismis a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to research on critical approaches to Shakespeare by an international team of leading scholars. It contains chapters on 20 specific critical practices, each grounded in analysis of a Shakespeare play. These practices range from foundational approaches including character studies, close reading and genre studies, through those that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s that challenged the preconceptions on which traditional liberal humanism is based, including feminism, cultural materialism and new historicism. Perspectives drawn from postcolonial, queer studies and critical race studies, besides more recent critical practices including presentism, ecofeminism and cognitive ethology all receive detailed treatment.In addition to its coverage of distinct critical approaches, the handbook contains various sections that provide non-specialists with practical help: an A-Z glossary of key terms and concepts, a chronology of major publications and events, an introduction to resources for study of the field and a substantial annotated bibliography.This is a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to the landscape of contemporary Shakespeare criticism featuring detailed analyses of over 20 specific critical practices by an international team of leading scholars, besides additional resources to aid research. Zusammenfassung The Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticism is a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to research on critical approaches to Shakespeare by an international team of leading scholars. It contains chapters on 20 specific critical practices, each grounded in analysis of a Shakespeare play. These practices range from foundational approaches including character studies, close reading and genre studies, through those that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s that challenged the preconceptions on which traditional liberal humanism is based, including feminism, cultural materialism and new historicism. Perspectives drawn from postcolonial, queer studies and critical race studies, besides more recent critical practices including presentism, ecofeminism and cognitive ethology all receive detailed treatment.In addition to its coverage of distinct critical approaches, the handbook contains various sections that provide non-specialists with practical help: an A–Z glossary of key terms and concepts, a chronology of major publications and events, an introduction to resources for study of the field and a substantial annotated bibliography. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations and Tables Notes on Contributors Series Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1.0 Introduction: Twenty-first-century Shakespeares, Evelyn Gajowski (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA) PART ONE: Foundational Studies 1.1 Close Reading, Kent Cartwright (University of Maryland, College Park, USA) 1.2 Genre Studies, Michelle Dowd (University of Alabama, USA) 1.3 Character Studies, Michael Bristol (McGill University, Canada) PART TWO: Challenges to Traditional Liberal Humanism 2.1 Marxist Studies, Christian Smith (Kingston University, UK) 2.2 New Historicist Studies, Hugh Grady...
