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New interdisciplinary approaches to early modern culture : confluences and contexts |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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"This study explores more recent adaptations published in the last decade whereby women - either authors or their characters - talk back to Shakespeare in a variety of new ways. "Talking back to Shakespeare", a term common in intertextual discourse, is not a new phenomenon, particularly in literature. For centuries, women writers-novelists, playwrights, and poets-have responded to Shakespeare with inventive and often transgressive retellings of his work. Thus far, feminist scholarship has examined creative responses to Shakespeare by women writers through the late twentieth century. This book brings together the "then" of Shakespeare with the "now" of contemporary literature by examining how many of his plays have cultural currency in the present day. Adoption and surrogate childrearing; gender fluidity; global pandemics; imprisonment and criminal justice; the intersection of misogyny and racism - these are all pressing social and political concerns, but they are also issues that are central to Shakespeare's plays and the early modern period. By approaching material with a fresh interdisciplinary perspective, Women Talk Back to Shakespeare is an excellent tool for both scholars and students concerned with adaptation, women and gender, and intertextuality of Shakespeare's plays"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Jo Eldridge Carney is a Professor of English at The College of New Jersey where she teaches courses in early modern studies, folk and fairy tales, and contemporary literature. |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 16, 2021). |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Feminism and literature -- English-speaking countries.
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Women and literature -- English-speaking countries.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Literary criticism. |
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Literary criticism. |
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Electronic books. |
Local Subj. |
Taylor and Francis ebook collection.
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Standard # |
9781003166580 electronic book |
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100316658X electronic book |
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9781000466164 electronic book |
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1000466167 electronic book |
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9781000466140 electronic book |
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1000466140 electronic book |
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9780367763527 paperback |
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9780367763510 hardcover |
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