Re-visions of Shakespeare: Essays in Honor of Robert OrnsteinRe-Visions of Shakespeare: Essays in Honor of Robert Ornstein is a tribute to one of the most prominent Shakespeareans in the last half of the twentieth century, past president of the Shakespeare Association of America, and author of Shakespeare's Comedies: From Roman Farce to Romantic Mystery, and Other texts. Twelve original contributions by an international group of scholars, including some of the most prominent working in Shakespeare studies today, use a variety of theoretical perspectives to address issues of contemporary import in the dramatic texts. Janus-like, the collection suggests the directions of Shakespeare studies at the outset of the new millennium while considering their roots in the last. |
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... fact that research commitments prevented them from contributing essays . Valerie Wayne , Phyllis Rackin , and Richard A. Levin in particular made useful suggestions to this novice volume editor for structuring the introductory chapter ...
... fact that research commitments prevented them from contributing essays . Valerie Wayne , Phyllis Rackin , and Richard A. Levin in particular made useful suggestions to this novice volume editor for structuring the introductory chapter ...
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... fact that they can neither reject nor accept . Trying to mor- alize about the very political realities that make moral conclusions impossible , the Jacobean dramatists are ambivalent in their re- sponse to Machiavelli : while they ...
... fact that they can neither reject nor accept . Trying to mor- alize about the very political realities that make moral conclusions impossible , the Jacobean dramatists are ambivalent in their re- sponse to Machiavelli : while they ...
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... facts of history " ; what they have in common is that they both understand that " pious professions simply mask the dominant role of self - inter- est in politics . " 33 Shakespeare's realization that ideals of honor and loyalty can ...
... facts of history " ; what they have in common is that they both understand that " pious professions simply mask the dominant role of self - inter- est in politics . " 33 Shakespeare's realization that ideals of honor and loyalty can ...
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... fact that the various institutions — political , religious , legal , and familial that humans construct in the name of civilization are vulnerable to what Ornstein calls " the uncivilized fury of civilized man . " 41 Ornstein concludes ...
... fact that the various institutions — political , religious , legal , and familial that humans construct in the name of civilization are vulnerable to what Ornstein calls " the uncivilized fury of civilized man . " 41 Ornstein concludes ...
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... fact , is a seminal figure , instrumental to the audience's understanding of another charac- ter — Petruchio . While Bianca is a shrew and Katherine is not , Bi- anca is not the only shrew and not the worst one by far . The shrew who is ...
... fact , is a seminal figure , instrumental to the audience's understanding of another charac- ter — Petruchio . While Bianca is a shrew and Katherine is not , Bi- anca is not the only shrew and not the worst one by far . The shrew who is ...
Contents
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Engaging Death in Titus Andronicus | 66 |
Female Sexual Autonomy Voyeurism and Misogyny in Cymbeline | 89 |
Dramatic Paradigms Male Sexuality and the Power of Shame in Alls Well That Ends Well | 108 |
Performance and Text | 129 |
ShakespeareHistory and Imagined Community | 131 |
Intertextuality Mode and Genre | 187 |
As You Like It and the PastoralBashing Impulse | 189 |
Surprising the Audience in The Comedy of Errors | 215 |
Comedy and Death in Alls Well That Ends Well | 231 |
History and Psychology in Richard II Criticism | 243 |
Bibliography of Robert Ornsteins Scholarship | 260 |
Bibliography | 263 |
Contributors | 280 |
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