Shakespeare and Posthumanist Theory

<i>Shakespeare and Posthumanist Theory</i> charts challenges in the field of Shakespeare studies to the assumption that the category human is real stable or worthy of privileging in discussions of the playwright's work. Drawing on a variety of methodologies - cognitive theory systems theory animal studies ecostudies the new materialisms - the volume investigates the world of Shakespeare's plays and poems in order to represent more thoroughly its variety its ethics of inclusion and its resistance to human triumphalism and exceptionalism. <br/><br/>Karen Raber a leading scholar in the field clearly and cogently guides the reader through complex theoretical terrain providing fresh exciting readings of plays including <i>Othello</i> <i>The Tempest</i> <i>Titus Andronicus</i> <i>Troilus and Cressida</i> and <i>Henry IV Part 1</i>.