Tragic Conditions in Shakespeare: Disinheriting the Globe (Rethinking Theory)
An engaged, thorough, and responsible reading of a problem of ongoing importance. On nearly every page there’s a surprising insight, a controversial and provocative assertion, a rereading of something familiar that makes it newly rich and strange.(W. B. Worthen, Columbia University)Professor Kottman has written a thoughtful and thought-provoking book. It addresses very major issues, in what is for the most part quite an original way, and I found much of what I read illuminating.(Joost DaalderReview of English Studies)Calm, methodical, yet urgent humanist philosophy.(Emma SmithComparative Drama)Reading this book is like following an intensely intellectual yet personal lecture... Essential.(Choice)Tragic Conditions in Shakespeareprovides an intriguing series of questions and considerations that makes fascinating reading.(Patricia LennoxSixteenth Century Journal)