One of the foremost figures in Renaissance studies today, Stephen Greenblatt is also a pioneer of the new historicism - the influential theoretical movement in cultural criticism that is radically refashioning study of the humanities. Learning to Curse combines historical and anthropological techniques with rigorous textual analysis and vivid writing. Greenblatt produces imaginative and often disturbing new approaches to issues and authors that once seemed familiar. By focusing on such problems as the relationship between cultural identity and other-ness in early modern culture; the uses of violence - both physical and rhetorical - against those identified as aliens; and the role of the imagination in efforts to shape and stabilize both cultural and personal identity, Learning to Curse exposes a Renaissance world made challenging and strange, forcing the reader to develop new ways of seeing and understanding. The author has also published Shakespearian Negotiations (University of California Press and OUP, 1988).
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-13
9780415903523
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88287254
Product Key Features
Book Title
Learning to Curse: Essays in Early Modern Culture
Author
Stephen J. Greenblatt
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
1992
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
318g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Stephen J. Greenblatt
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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