Shakespeare and the Urgency of Now Criticism and Theory in the 21st Century

"Today, in light of the markedly precarious state of the world's politics, ecology and economy, where does Shakespeare figure in our changing world? By the same token, how do economic, environmental and institutional pressures interpenetrate Shakespeare as a cultural enterprise - in performance, film, popular culture, global appropriation - and no less in academic criticism? Ever since Martin Luther King Jr. first evoked the 'fierce urgency of now' in the American civil rights movement in the early 1960s, his trope has become ubiquitous. It continues to be a powerful slogan for civil rights. It's frequently intoned by global anti-poverty and social equality activists, and resounds strongly when evoked in the global environmental movement. Connecting withsuch concerns, these essays address the intersections between Shakespeare, history and the present using a variety of new and established methodological approaches, from phenomenology and ecocriticism to the new economics and aesthetics. "--

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• Con la collaborazione di: Cary Dipietro (Editore), Hugh Grady (Editore), C. DiPietro (Editore), H. Grady (Editore), DiPietro (Editore), Grady (Editore), C DiPietro (Editore), Grady (Editore)
• Autori: Cary Grady Dipietro
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 19.07.2013
• Categoria: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature
• EAN: 9781137017307
• ISBN: 978-1-137-01730-7
• Numero di pagine: 234
• Serie: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies; Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
• Categorie: Renaissance, Europa, B, Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter, Poetry, William Shakespeare, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Poetry and Poetics, European Literature, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern