The English Miscellany

    Rethinking Shakespeare for a New Era Edited by Ian McCormick   and Saptarshi Mallick "A timely and innovative collection, Woke Shakespeare ... deftly catapults works of The Great Bard into our current historical moment shaped by the notion of "wokeness" and the identity politics of political correctness. Exploring topics ranging from eco-criticism, postcolonialism, queer theory, global studies, social justice, cultural materialism, and more, this book will radically re-shape the myriad ways in which we read Shakespeare today. Required reading for those interested in drawing thematic and ideological threads from Shakespeare's words and time into the dawning of our precarious 21st century." — Dr Rahul K Gairola, Krishna Somers Senior Lecturer in English and Postcolonial Literature (Murdoch University, Australia); Principal Fellow of the Indo-Pacific Research Centre (IPRC). "Woke Shakespeare is a diligent, well-researched exploration of the con...