Four Shakespearean Period Pieces

by Margreta de Grazia

Book Overview

In the study of Shakespeare since the eighteenth century, four key concepts have served to situate Shakespeare in history: chronology, periodization, secularization, and anachronism.

Yet recent theoretical work has called for their reappraisal. Anachronisms, previously condemned as errors in the order of time, are being hailed as alternatives to that order. Conversely chronology and periods, its mainstays, are now charged with having distorted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022678519X
• ISBN13: 9780226785196
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"