Why Shakespeare?

By Catherine Belsey

Book Overview

In this exciting new introduction to Shakespeare, Catherine Belsey takes traditional tales as a starting point to argue against the cultural materialists who claim Shakespeare's iconic status is no more than an accident of history. Each chapter shows how one of Shakespeare's best-known plays retells with a difference stories familiar both then and now. Belsey goes on to put forward new readings, teasing out the enigmas that constitute these texts and the interpretations they have inspired.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140399319X
• ISBN13: 9781403993199
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 8.1"