{"product_id":"learning-to-curse-9780415771603","title":"Learning to Curse","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Greenblatt argued in these celebrated essays that the art of the Renaissance could only be understood in the context of the society from which it sprang. His approach - ''New Historicism'' - drew from history, anthropology, Marxist theory, post-structuralism, and psychoanalysis and in the process, blew apart the academic boundaries insulating literature from the world around it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLearning to Curse\u003c\/em\u003e charts the evolution of that approach and provides a vivid and compelling exploration of a complex and contradictory epoch. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Greenblatt writes with modest elegance, is a superb scholar and researcher, and deserves his status as the first voice in Renaissance studies today.'\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction 2. Learning to Curse 3. Marlowe, Marx and Anti-Semitism 4. Filthy Rites 5. The Cultivation of Anxiety 6. Murdering Peasants 7. Psychoanalysis and Renaissance Culture 8. Towards a Poetics of Culture 9. Resonance and Wonder. Index","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037060890967,"sku":"9780415771603","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415771603.jpg?v=1750934211","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/learning-to-curse-9780415771603","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}