This is Shakespeare
Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine)2019
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A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality and literary mastery. Who wrote like an angel, putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well, sort of. But it doesn't really tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant, deflecting us from investigating the challenges of his inconsistencies and flaws. This new book thrives on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of Shakespeare's plays and their changing topicality. It introduces an intellectually, theatrically and ethically exciting writer who engages with intersectionality as much as with Ovid, with economics as much as poetry: who writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity and sex.
Main title:
This is Shakespeare / Emma Smith.
Author:
Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine), author
Imprint:
UK : Pelican, 2019.
Collation:
349 pages ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Pelican books ; 30.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241392157 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1160185
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