He Says/she Says Shakespeare

He Says/she Says Shakespeare

Author: Francesco Aristide Ancona

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780761839415

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Macbeth : the question of personality reversal -- Othello : the question of jealousy -- As you like it : the question of escaping conventional society -- Hamlet : the question of guilt and blame -- The taming of the shrew : the question of gender and dominance -- Much ado about nothing : the question of a (happy?) marriage


What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She

What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She

Author: Dennis Baron

Publisher: Liveright Publishing

Published: 2020-01-21

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1631496050

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“If you want to know why more people are asking ‘what’s your pronoun?’ then you (singular or plural) should read this book.” —Joe Moran, New York Times Book Review Heralded as “required reading” (Geoff Nunberg) and “the book” (Anne Fadiman) for anyone interested in the conversation swirling around gender-neutral and nonbinary pronouns, What’s Your Pronoun? is a classic in the making. Providing much-needed historical context and analysis to the debate around what we call ourselves, Dennis Baron brings new insight to a centuries-old topic and illuminates how—and why—these pronouns are sparking confusion and prompting new policies in schools, workplaces, and even statehouses. Enlightening and affirming, What’s Your Pronoun? introduces a new way of thinking about language, gender, and how they intersect.


What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Psychoanalysis

What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Psychoanalysis

Author: Dorothy T. Grunes

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-15

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 0429923880

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Using Shakespeare's work to expand our understanding of what it is to be human, this book of applied psychoanalysis furthers the study of Shakespeare, literary theory, dramatic arts, and psychoanalytic theory. It is also accessible to readers, theatre-goers and those who have an interest in the human condition. With intellectual rigour, and close textual analysis, it values the insights of many creative writers such as T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, W. H. Auden, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, as well as Sigmund Freud, Heinz Kohut and D.W. Winnicott. For the clinician, this book introduces new theories in psychoanalysis based upon the text and clinical experience. Psychoanalysts looking at literature are at a disadvantage, as the value system belongs solely to the realm of literary theory proper. Literary theory, in turn, often finds what the scholar seeks. It is not surprising that this potentially enriching combination of literary theory and psychoanalysis has had difficulty sustaining its relevance and tends towards reductionism.


Beginning Shakespeare 4-11

Beginning Shakespeare 4-11

Author: Joe Winston

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0415618460

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In this work, the authors bring a blend of clear thinking, playful and inventive practice and straightforward practical advice to bear on teaching Shakespeare in the primary school. The book offers a sound rationale for teaching Shakespeare in primary schools and shows how to engage children with Shakespeare through story.


This Is Shakespeare

This Is Shakespeare

Author: Emma Smith

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2020-03-31

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1524748552

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An electrifying new study that investigates the challenges of the Bard’s inconsistencies and flaws, and focuses on revealing—not resolving—the ambiguities of the plays and their changing topicality A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no other. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality, and literary mastery. A man who wrote like an angel, putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well, sort of. But it doesn’t tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant. In This Is Shakespeare, Emma Smith—an intellectually, theatrically, and ethically exciting writer—takes us into a world of politicking and copycatting, as we watch Shakespeare emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd (the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day), flirting with and skirting around the cutthroat issues of succession politics, religious upheaval, and technological change. Smith writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity, and sex. Instead of offering the answers, the Shakespeare she reveals poses awkward questions, always inviting the reader to ponder ambiguities.