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Can reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare contribute to the health of the planet? To what degree are Shakespeare's plays anthropocentric or ecocentric? What is the connection between the literary and the real when it comes to ecological conduct? This collection, the first devoted specifically to green Shakespeare, engages with these pressing questions surrounding ecocritical Shakespeare, in order to provide a better understanding of where and how ecocritical readings should be situated. The volume combines multiple critical perspectives, juxtaposing historicism and presentism, as well as considering ecofeminism and pedagogy; and addresses such topics as early modern flora and fauna, and the neglected areas of early modern marine ecology and oceanography. Concluding with an assessment of the challenges-and necessities-of teaching Shakespeare ecocritically, "Ecocritical Shakespeare" not only broadens the implications of ecocriticism in early modern studies, but represents an important contribution to this growing field.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: plays & playwrights

• Full title: Ecocritical Shakespeare
• Author: Daniel Brayton, Lynne Bruckner
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780754669197
• ISBN: 075466919X
• ID: 04681194
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 703 g
• Dimensions: 241 × 164 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. April 2011

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