William H Steffen

Anthropocene Theater and the Shakespearean Stage

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Produktbeschreibung

Anthropocene Theater and the Shakespearean Stage revises the anthropocentric narrative of early globalization from the perspective of the non-human world in order to demonstrate nature's agency in determining ecological, economic, and colonial outcomes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 165mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780192871862
• ISBN-10: 0192871862
• Artikelnr.: 66688390

Autorenporträt

William Steffen is an Assistant Professor of English at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts. His scholarly work, which focuses on the environmental humanities and the early modern English stage, has appeared in Renaissance Drama and in the Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies. His teaching and research interests focus on travel literature, material culture, Anthropocene studies, and performance studies.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Early Modern Drama and the Anthropocene
* PART I: ECO-MATERIALIST HISTORY
* 1: Grafting and Ecological Imperialism in John Fletcher's Bonduca
* 2: Hewers of Wood, Drawers of Gall: The Wooden Economies of Race in
Titus Andronicus and Lust's Dominion
* 3: Hemp, Tobacco, and Hot Commodities on the English Stage
* PART II: ECO-GLOBAL PERFORMANCE
* 4: Monkeys, Floods, and the "Immortal William": Enduring Nature and
Playing Shakespeare in the British Empire
* 5: Stolen Thunder: Performing Shakespearean Weather Events in the
Anthropocene
* PART III: DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE IN THE OIKEIOS
* 6: Shaking the Superflux: Sin and Redemption Along Ecological Faults
in King Lear
* Epilogue: The Empty Drainpipe