Posthumanist Shakespeares
By: edited by Stefan Herbrechter, Ivan Callus
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780230360907
Subjects: Methodology; English literature; Humanism in literature; Humanities; Philosophy; Criticism and interpretation
Description: "Shakespeare scholars and cultural theorists critically investigate the relationship between early modern culture and contemporary political and technological changes concerning the idea of the "human." The volume covers the tragedies King Lear and Hamlet in particular, but also provides posthumanist readings of other Shakespearean plays."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.