SHAKESPEARE

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 Lisa Hopkins. Topics include: feminism; A.P. Rossiter and Shakespeare’s ambivalence; the ‘post-theory’ moment; subjectivity, contradiction and the coexistence of two competing ideas at the same time; women in The Hobbit; breastfeeding, nature and nurture; Victorian uses of Darwinian theory; did Shakespeare have a mind which could think otherwise, or did he share something with his contemporaries?; the question of aesthetic value; and economic necessity as a driver of criticism.

Series

Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Year of release

2013

Duration

65 mins

Credits

Contributor

Lisa Hopkins; Neema Parvini

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

feminism; literary theory; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Online Availability

Online URL

http://jerryvonkramer.ipage.com/hopkins.mp3

Production Company

Name

University of Surrey, Department of English and Languages

Distributor

Name

iTunes U

Web

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