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

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

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

Online availability

URI

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

Credits

Contributor

Hugh Grady; Neema Parvini

Production Company

Name

University of Surrey, Department of English and Languages

Distributor

Name

iTunes U

Web

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