Description
Book SynopsisThis is a bold and original reinterpretation of almost all of Shakespearea s major plays, in the light of the Marxist, feminist and semiotic ideas of our own time.
Trade Review"Brilliant little book ... dazzling and exhilarating ... Eagleton is alive to the excitement and originality of a great playwright."
Sunday Times "When you read this book you feel Eagleton's pleasure in reading Shakespeare's works. He deals with the plays in chapters which cut across the well-used categories and an excitement is created by the unexpectedness of the directions which he takes." Marxism Today
"Always provocative, Mr. Eagleton does in print what directors regularly do on stage: change the century, stitch up new costumes, but preserve the story line and language." Herbert Mitgang, The New York Times
Table of ContentsPreface ix
1 Language: Macbeth, Richard II, Henry IV 1
2 Desire: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night 18
3 Law: The Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida 35
4 ‘Nothing’: Othello, Hamlet, Coriolanus 64
5 Value: King Lear, Timon of Athens, Antony and Cleopatra 76
6 Nature: As You Like It, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest 90
Conclusion 97
Notes 105
Index 109
