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Shakespearean Metaphysics (Continuum, 2008)
Shakespeare's Double Helix (Continuum, 2008)
Shakespearean Metaphysics (Continuum, 2008). Michael Witmore. ISBN 9780826490445. Pbk £12.99.
Shakespeare's Double Helix (Continuum, 2008). Henry S. Turner. ISBN 9780826491206. Pbk £12.99.
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The ambitious project of the Shakespeare NOW series is to bridge the gap between scholarly thinking and a public audience and public audience and scholarly thinking. Scholars are encouraged to write in a way accessible to a general readership and readers to rise to the challenge and not be afraid of new ideas and the adventure they offer. There are other bridges the series is ambitious to cross: formal, political or theoretical boundaries – history and philosophy, theory, and performance.
There have been many, often rather crude, attempts over the years to uncover what Shakespeare really thinks. Michael Witmore makes
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