Henry S. Turner
- 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 Henry S. Turner. Topics include: post-historicism; does Marx’s notion of commodity fetishism still have value?; Pierre Bourdieu; The Politics of Truth by Michele Barret; the importance of Roland Barthes; literary theory and the sciences; Jonathan Kramnick’s assessment of Literary Darwinism; mimesis; Shakespeare’s theatrical ‘word cloud’; rethinking the concept of unity; and Madeline Doran’s Endevors and Art. - Series
- Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain; Government USA
- Medium
- Audio
- Year of release
- 2013
- Duration
- 97 mins
Credits
- Contributor
- Henry S. Turner; Neema Parvini
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- literary theory; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
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, "Henry S. Turner". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av75114 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)