Marxist Shakespeares

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1、ACCENTSONSHAKESPEAREGeneraleditor:TERENCEHAWKESMarxistShakespearesMarxistShakespearesusestherichanalyticresourcesoftheMarxisttradi-tiontoredefinewhatthestudyofShakespearecanmean.TheessayscollectedhererevealthatMarxismremainsaninescapablechallengetoprevailingmodesofliteraryscholarship,esse

2、ntialtoaddressingsuchissuesas:•therelationshipoftextstosocialclass•thehistoricalconstructionoftheaesthetic•theutopiandimensionsofliteraryproduction•theroleofliteratureinnationalistandanti-nationalistprojectsThisbookoffersnewinsightsintothehistoricalconditionswithinwhichShakespeare’srepres

3、entationsofclassandgenderemerged,andintoShakespeare’sroleintheworld-widecultureindustrystretchingfromHollywoodtotheGlobeTheatre.MarxistShakespeareswillbeavitalresourceforstudentsofShakespeareasitexaminesMarx’sownreadingsofShakespeare,Derrida’sengagementwithMarx,andtheimportanceofPierreBo

4、urdieu,GeorgesBataille,andAliceClarkwithinacontinuingtraditionofMarxistthought.JeanE.HowardteachesEarlyModernliteratureatColumbiaUniversity.SheistheauthorofTheStageandSocialStruggleinEarlyModernEngland(1994)andco-author,withPhyllisRackin,ofEngenderingaNation:AFeministAccountofShakespeare

5、’sEnglishHistories(1997).ScottCutlerShershowteachesEnglishliteratureandliterarytheoryatMiamiUniversity,Ohio.HeistheauthorofPuppetsandPopularCulture(1996),andofarticlesonRenaissancedrama,popularcultureandculturalstudies.ACCENTSONSHAKESPEAREGeneralEditor:TERENCEHAWKESItismorethantwentyyear

6、ssincetheNewAccentsserieshelpedtoestablish‘theory’asafundamentalandcontinuingfeatureofthestudyofliteratureatundergraduatelevel.Sincethen,theneedforshort,powerful‘cuttingedge’accountsofandcommentsonnewdevelop-mentshasincreasedsharply.InthecaseofShakespeare,bookswiththissortoffocushavenotb

7、eenreadilyavailable.AccentsonShakespeareaimstosupplythem.AccentsonShakespearevolumeswilleither‘apply’theory,orbroadenandadaptitinordertoconnectwithconcreteteachingcon-cerns.Intheprocess,theywillalsoreflectandengagewiththemajordevelopmentsinShakespearestudiesofthelasttenyea