num_pages: 295
description: The new wave of cultural materialists in Britain and new historicists in the United States here join forces to depose the sacred icon of the "eternal bard" and argue for a Shakespeare who meditates and exploits political, cultural and ideological forces. Ten years on, this second edition presents additional essays by Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield.
language: English
title: Political Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural Materialism
titlecomplete: Political Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural Materialism
genres: Nonfiction, Theory, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 63
publisher: Cornell University Press