| Description |
xxxviii, 487 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Peter Erickson -- 1. Marriage and Mercifixion in The Merchant of Venice: The Casket Scene Revisited -- 2. Against the Sink-a-Pace: Sexual and Family Politics in Much Ado About Nothing -- 3. King Lear: The Lear Family Romance -- 4. Text Against Performance: The Gloucester Family Romance -- 5. The Early Scenes of Macbeth: Preface to a New Interpretation -- 6. Text Against Performance: The Example of Macbeth -- 7. Sneak's Noise, or, Rumor and Detextualization in 2 Henry IV -- 8. Psychoanalyzing the Shakespeare Text: The First Three Scenes of the Henriad -- 9. Textual Dramaturgy: Representing the Limits of Theater in Richard II -- 10. Ars Moriendi in Progress, or, John of Gaunt and the Practice of Strategic Dying -- 11. What Did the King Know and When Did He Know It? Shakespearean Discourses and Psychoanalysis -- 12. Food for Words: Hotspur and the Discourse of Honor -- 13. Making Trifles of Terrors: Redistributing Complicities in the Ethical Discourses |
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14. What Does the Duke Know and When Does He Know It? Carrying the Torch in Measure of Measure |
| Analysis |
Didactic drama, English -- History and criticism |
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Political plays, English -- History and criticism |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [427]-474) and indexes |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Didactic drama, English -- History and criticism.
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Political plays, English -- History and criticism.
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| Author |
Erickson, Peter.
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| LC no. |
96017085 |
| ISBN |
0804727325 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0804728526 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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