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Shakespeare in the Present is a stunning collection of essays by TerenceHawkes which engage with explain and explore presentism. Presentism is acritical manoeuvre which uses relevant aspects of the contemporary as a crucialtrigger for its investigations. It deliberately begins with the materialpresent and lets that set the interrogative agenda. This book suggests ways inwhich its principles may be applied to aspects of Shakespeares plays.Hawkes concentrates on two main areas in which Presentism impacts on the studyof Shakespeare. The first is the concept of devolution in British politics.The second is presentisms commitment to a reversal of conceptual hierarchiessuch as primarysecondary and pastpresent and the interaction betweenperformance and reference. The result is to sophisticate and expand our notionof performing and to refocus interest on what the early modern theatre meant bythe activity it termed playing. «
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