Hugh Grady
- Synopsis
- Podcast series in which Dr Neema Parvini, author of Shakespeare’s History Plays: Rethinking Historicism and Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory: New Historicism and Cultural Materialism, interviews Shakespeare scholars and literary theorists from around the world in a bid to gain an understanding of current thinking in Shakespeare studies and in literary criticism more generally.
In this edition Parvini talks to Professor Hugh Grady, one of the figures at the forefront of the movement in Shakespeare studies known as ‘presentism’. Topics include: the influence of deconstruction on new historicism and cultural materialism; Stephen Greenblatt’s relationship with Marxist theory; the different receptions of Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault in America and Britain; Fredric Jameson; the importance of subjectivity to Shakespeare criticism; Jacques Lacan; and presentism and politics. - Series
- Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Audio
- Year of release
- 2013
- Duration
- 77 mins
Credits
- Contributor
- Hugh Grady; Neema Parvini
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- literary theory; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); presentism
Online Availability
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
iTunes U
- Web
- http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ External site opens in new window
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Shakespeare, "Hugh Grady". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av75104 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)