{"product_id":"9781350662049","title":"Shakespeare \/ Nature Contemporary Readings in the Human and Non-human","description":"\u003ch3\u003eArden Shakespeare Intersections\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eShakespeare \/ Nature\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eContemporary Readings in the Human and Non-human\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCharlotte Scott | Gordon McMullan | Sonia Massai | Lucy Munro\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShakespeare \/ Nature \u003c\/i\u003esets new agendas for the study of nature in Shakespeare's work. Offering a rich exploration of the intersections between the human and non-human worlds, the chapters focus on the contested and persuasive language of nature, both as organic matter and cultural conditioning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRooted in close textual analysis and historical acuity, this collection addresses  Shakespeare's works through the many ways in which 'nature' performs, as a cultural category, a moral marker and a set of essential conditions through which the human may pass, as well as affect.  Addressing the complex conditions of the play worlds, the chapters explore the assorted forms through which Shakespeare's nature makes sense of its narratives and supports, upholds or contests its story-telling. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Over the course of the collection, the contributors examine plays including \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Julius Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove's Labour's Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimon of Athens\u003c\/i\u003e and many more. They discuss them through the various lenses of philosophy, historicism, psychoanalysis, gender studies, cosmography, geography, sexuality, linguistics, environmentalism, feminism and robotics, to provide new and nuanced readings of the intersectional terms of both meaning and matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApproaching 'nature' in all its multiplicity, this collection sets out to examine the divergent and complex ways in which the human and non-human worlds intersect and the development of a language of symbiosis that attempts to both control and create the terms of human authority. It offers an entirely new approach to the subject of nature, bringing together disparate methods that have previously been pursued independently to offer a  shared investment in the intersections between the human and non-human worlds and how these discourses shape and condition the emotional, organic, cultural and psychological landscapes of Shakespeare's play worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Scott \u003c\/b\u003eis Director of Knowledge and Engagement at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, UK, and was formerly Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Child in Shakespeare \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Nature: From Cultivation to Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and  \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and the Idea of the Book\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), as well as book chapters, journal articles and reviews. She was textual editor for the \u003ci\u003eRSC Complete Works\u003c\/i\u003e and pedagogical advisor for the \u003ci\u003eNew Oxford Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Arden Shakespeare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350662049\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e312\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378326470796,"sku":"9781350662049","price":49.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350662049","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}