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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1991, Shakespeare in the Changing Curriculum provides a context for debates about the place of Shakespeare within the English curriculum in the 1990s, and examines the possibilities in teaching Shakespeare afforded by the application of contemporary critical approaches, such as communication, cultural and gender studies, in the classroom and seminar room. The collection will be of particular to interest to sixth-form students, secondary school teachers, teacher trainers and students and lecturers in further and higher education.
Table of ContentsList of plates List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Shakespeare in the National Curriculum 2. A school perspective on Shakespeare teaching 3. Recovering Shakespeare: innocence and materialism 4. Does it matter which edition you use? 5. Acting against bardom: some utopian thoughts on workshops 6. Veritable negroes and circumcised dogs: racial disturbances in Shakespeare 7. ‘My affection hath an unknown bottom’: homosexuality and the teaching of As You Like It 8. The power of devils and the hearts of men: notes towards a drama of witchcraft 9. ‘His majesty the baby’: a psychoanalytic approach to King Lear 10. Unlocking the box: Shakespeare on film and video 11. Scratching Shakespeare: video-teaching the Bard Index
