In this book, Francis Barker combines readings of early modern English culture - mainly Shakespeare - and contemporary theories of modernity, postmodernity and history. The book falls into three distinct but related parts. Part one looks at "King Lear", "Hamlet" and "Macbeth" and the complex nexus of power, memory, space and time which inform these texts. Part 2 uses Milton and Hobbes as well as Shakespeare to critique recent theoretical approaches, such as deconstruction and New Historicism. Part 3 on "the violence of ...
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In this book, Francis Barker combines readings of early modern English culture - mainly Shakespeare - and contemporary theories of modernity, postmodernity and history. The book falls into three distinct but related parts. Part one looks at "King Lear", "Hamlet" and "Macbeth" and the complex nexus of power, memory, space and time which inform these texts. Part 2 uses Milton and Hobbes as well as Shakespeare to critique recent theoretical approaches, such as deconstruction and New Historicism. Part 3 on "the violence of culture" radically challenges accepted notions of contemporary culture. What has come to be called "culture", Barker suggests, is not an antidote to generalized violence, merely one of its more seductive strategies.
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Add this copy of The Culture of Violence: Essays on Tragedy and History to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by La Playa Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Diego, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Manchester University Press.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 0719038502.
