Green Shakespeare
Subtitle: from ecopolitics to ecocriticism
By: Gabriel Egan.
Series: Accents on Shakespeare
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Natural history; Ecology -- Political aspects; Human ecology in literature; Nature in literature; Ecocriticism
Description: "Crossing the boundaries of literary and cultural studies to draw in politics, philosophy, and ecology, this volume not only introduces one of the most lively areas of contemporary Shakespeare studies, but also offers a case for Shakespeare's continuing relevance to contemporary theory."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : babbling of green fields; title: Ecopolitics/ecocriticism; title: Nature and human society : Coriolanus, Henry 5, and Macbeth; title: Food and biological nature : As you like it, Antony and Cleopatra, Pericles, Cymbeline and The winter's tale; title: Supernature and the weather : King Lear and The tempest; title: Conclusion : ecoShakespeare.