Scare quotes from Shakespeare
Subtitle: Marx, Keynes, and the language of reenchantment
By: Martin Harries.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Marx, Karl, 1818-1883; Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Influence
Description: "This book argues that moments of allusion to the supernatural in Shakespeare are occasions where Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes register the perseverance of haunted structures in modern culture. This "reenchantment," at the heart of modernity and of literary and political works central to our understanding of modernity, is the focus of this book.

The author shows that allusion to supernatural moments in Shakespeare ("scare quotes") allows writers to both acknowledge and distance themselves from the supernatural phenomena that challenge their disenchanted understanding of the social world. He also uses these modern appropriations of Shakespeare as provocations to reread some of his works, notably Hamlet and Macbeth."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.