Shakespeare and modernity : early modern to millennium / edited by Hugh Grady. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2000. - xii, 234 p. ; 23 cm. - Accents on Shakespeare .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-226) and index.

This in-depth collection of essays traces the changing reception of Shakespeare over the past four hundred years, during which time Shakespeare has variously been seen as the last great exponent of pre-modern Western culture, a crucial inaugurator of modernity, and a prophet of postmodernity. This fresh look at Shakespeare's plays is an important contribution to the revival of the idea of 'modernity' and how we periodise ourselves, and Shakespeare, at the beginning of a new millennium.

0415212006 (hbk) 0415212014 (pbk)


Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation--History.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Crítica e interpretación.


Literature and history--History.--Great Britain
Literatura e historia--Historia--Gran Bretaña

PR 2965 / S527 2000

822.33