The Vanishing: Shakespeare, the Subject, and Early Modern Culture

by Christopher Pye

Book Overview

In The Vanishing Christopher Pye combines psychoanalytic and cultural theory to advance an innovative interpretation of Renaissance history and subjectivity. Locating the emergence of the modern subject in the era's transition from feudalism to a modern societal state, Pye supports his argument with interpretations of diverse cultural and literary phenomena, including Shakespeare's Hamlet and King Lear, witchcraft and demonism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822325470
• ISBN13: 9780822325475
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"