During the last two decades, new critical schools of Shakespeare scholarship have emerged, each with its own ideology, each convinced that all other approaches are deficient. This controversial book argues that in attempting to appropriate Shakespeare for their own purposes, these schools omit and misrepresent Shakespeare's text--and thus distort it. Brian Vickers describes the iconoclastic attitudes emerging in French criticism of the 1960s that continue to influence literary theory: that language cannot reliably represent ...
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During the last two decades, new critical schools of Shakespeare scholarship have emerged, each with its own ideology, each convinced that all other approaches are deficient. This controversial book argues that in attempting to appropriate Shakespeare for their own purposes, these schools omit and misrepresent Shakespeare's text--and thus distort it. Brian Vickers describes the iconoclastic attitudes emerging in French criticism of the 1960s that continue to influence literary theory: that language cannot reliably represent reality; that literature cannot represent life; that since no definitive reading is possible, all interpretation is misinterpretation. Vickers shows that these positions have been refuted, and he brings together work in philosophy, linguistics, and literary theory to rehabilitate language and literature. He then surveys the main conflicting schools in Shakespearean and other current literary criticism--deconstructionism, feminism, new historicism, cultural materialism, and psychoanalytic, Marxist, and Christian interpretations--describing the theoretical basis of each school, both in its own words and in those of its critics. Evaluating the resulting interpretations of Shakespeare, he shows that each is biased and fragmentary in its own way. The epilogue considers two related issues: the attempt of current literary theory to present itself as a coherent system while at the same time wishing to evade accountability; and the way in which different schools demonize their rivals, thus adding an intolerant tone to much recent criticism.
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Good in Good dustjacket. 0300054157. 508 pages. Dustjacket in removable plastic protective cover. With library stamps and labels. Slight wear to spine, covers, corners and dustjacket.; Octavo; 508 pages.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1100grams, ISBN: 9780300054156.
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Very Good. Hardback in near fine physical condition but with penned annotations/underlinings on over 100 pages. The unclipped dj is just a ittle rubbed.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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Fine. Neither ex-lib nor remainder. Softcover in illustrated blue wraps, 8vo. xvii + 508pp. Index, bibliography, endnotes. Fine. Front wrap very slightly pulled back. Clean, bright wraps with deeply-colored background; strong, square binding; pages clean and unmarked with light uniform toning to somewhat off-quality stock.
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Very good condition. Book. Octavo (8vo). xviii, 508 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Paperback binding with minor shelfwear. Minor soiling to the closed page edges. Ink underlining on five pages of the Preface. First paperback edition. Previous owner's name neatly on the inside of the rear cover. From the collection of Louis Marder, Shakespeare historian and collector of books by, on or referring to William Shakespeare.
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Like New. Size: 9x6x1; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Corners bumped. Clean, unmarked pages. xvii, 508 p., 24 cm. "The last twenty years have seen an increasing fragmentation in Shakespeare studies, with the emergence of several critical schools, each with its own ideology, each convinced that all other approaches are deficient. In this important book, Brian Vickers argues that, in attempting to appropriate Shakespeare for their own purposes, each of these schools distorts the text by omission and misrepresentation."-Yale University Press.
