About the book
This book will constitute an original intervention into longstanding but insistently relevant debates around the significance of notions of ‘performativity’ to the critical analysis of early modern drama.
In particular, the book aims to:
- show how the investigation of performativity can enable readings of Shakespeare and Jonson that challenge the dominant methodological frameworks within which those plays have come to be read;
- demonstrate that the thought of performativity does not come to rest in the simplicity of method or instrumentality, and that it resists its own claim that language and action might be understood as unproblematically instrumental;
- demonstrate that this self-resistance occurs or takes place as a moment in the process of articulating the claims of the performative, and that this process is itself in an important sense dramatic.
Editions of Shakespeare, Jonson, and the Claims of the Performative
- EBook
- ISBN 9781135930004
- PDF
- ISBN 9781135929930
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This book will constitute an original intervention into longstanding but insistently relevant debates around the significance of notions of ‘performativity’ to the critical analysis of early modern drama.
In particular, the book aims to:
- show how the investigation of performativity can enable readings of Shakespeare and Jonson that challenge the dominant methodological frameworks within which those plays have come to be read;
- demonstrate that the thought of performativity does not come to rest in the simplicity of method or instrumentality, and that it resists its own claim that language and action might be understood as unproblematically instrumental;
- demonstrate that this self-resistance occurs or takes place as a moment in the process of articulating the claims of the performative, and that this process is itself in an important sense dramatic.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Shakespeare, Jonson, and the Claims of the Performative about?
This book will constitute an original intervention into longstanding but insistently relevant debates around the significance of notions of ‘performativity’ to the critical analysis of early modern drama.
In particular, the book aims to:
- show how the investigation of performativity can enable readings of Shakespeare and Jonson that challenge the dominant methodological frameworks within which those plays have come to be read;
- demonstrate that the thought of performativity does not come to rest in the simplicity of method or instrumentality, and that it resists its own claim that language and action might be understood as unproblematically instrumental;
- demonstrate that this self-resistance occurs or takes place as a moment in the process of articulating the claims of the performative, and that this process is itself in an important sense dramatic.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Shakespeare, Jonson, and the Claims of the Performative?
The Arts > Performing arts > Theatre studies
Where can I read a sample of Shakespeare, Jonson, and the Claims of the Performative?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781135930004
Is Shakespeare, Jonson, and the Claims of the Performative part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Shakespeare, Jonson, and the Claims of the Performative?
James Loxley, Mark Robson
Who is the Publisher of the book Shakespeare, Jonson, and the Claims of the Performative?
Taylor and Francis
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Shakespeare, Jonson, and the Claims of the Performative is available as ebook(ISBN 9781135930004) and pdf(ISBN 9781135929930)