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Author Egan, Gabriel

Title Shakespeare and Marx / Gabriel Egan
Published Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (168 pages)
Series Oxford Shakespeare topics
Oxford Shakespeare topics.
Contents Shakespeare, Marx, production, and the world of ideas -- Marx's influence on Shakespeare studies to 1968 -- Marx's influence on Shakespeare studies since 1968 -- Shakespeare and Marx today -- Conclusion : Marx and genetics
Summary Marxist cultural theory underlies much teaching and research in university departments of literature and has played a crucial role in the development of recent theoretical work. Feminism, New Historicism, cultural materialism, postcolonial theory, and queer theory all draw upon ideas about cultural production which can be traced to Marx, and significantly each also has a special relation with Renaissance literary studies. This book explores the past and continuing influence of Marx's ideas in. work on Shakespeare. Marx's ideas about cultural production and its relation to economic production a
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162) and index
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Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History -- 20th century.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views.
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 -- Influence
SUBJECT Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 fast
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast
Subject English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
Social problems in literature.
Marxist criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Marxist criticism
Political and social views
Social problems in literature
Materialistische literatuurstudie.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
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