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In this elegant and provocative book, Philippa Berry rewrites critical perceptions of death in Shakespeare's tragedies from a feminist perspective. Drawing on feminist theory, postmodern thought and queer theory, Berry challenges existing critical notions of what is 'fundamental' to Shakespearean tragedy. She argues that there is a figurative rejection of death as terminus, which owes more to pagan thought than Christian. Through a close reading of the main tragedies, Berry discovers a sensuous and meditative Shakespearean discourse of materialism. Her radical new theoretical and textual insights into the properties of matter, time, the soul, and the body now have striking relevance to contemporary debates about time and matter in science and philosophy.

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The book's great triumph is that one puts it down believing that without it, those conventional readings are no longer complete.--Stephen Cohen, University of Douth Alabama. Suitable for...undergraduates, graduates and researchers. - Choice May 2000

The book's great triumph is that one puts it down believing that without it, those conventional readings are no longer complete.--Stephen Cohen, University of Douth Alabama. Suitable for...undergraduates, graduates and researchers. - Choice May 2000

The book's great triumph is that one puts it down believing that without it, those conventional readings are no longer complete.--Stephen Cohen, University of Douth Alabama. <br> Suitable for...undergraduates, graduates and researchers. <br>- Choice May 2000 <br>

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