Radical Tragedy: Religion, Ideology and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare and his ContemporariesBloomsbury Publishing, 2010 M04 9 - 419 pages When it was first published, Radical Tragedy was hailed as a groundbreaking reassessment of the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. An engaged reading of the past with compelling contemporary significance, Radical Tragedy remains a landmark study of Renaissance drama and a classic of cultural materialist criticism. The corrected and reissued third edition of this critically acclaimed work includes a candid new Preface by the author and features a Foreword by Terry Eagleton. |
Contents
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Introduction to the Second Edition | xlv |
RADICAL DRAMA ITS CONTEXTS AND EMERGENCE | 2 |
STRUCTURE MIMESIS PROVIDENCE | 51 |
MAN DECENTRED | 152 |
SUBJECTIVITY IDEALISM VERSUS MATERIALISM | 247 |
Notes | 272 |
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