{"product_id":"shakespeares-counternarrative-against-death-toby-widdicombe-9781807580087","title":"Shakespeare's Counternarrative Against Death: Immortal Longings in His Plays and Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e Shakespeare's enduring significance lies in the persistent counternarrative his plays and poetry offer against the permanence of mortality. This study examines the strategies through which Shakespeare resists death's finality, situating its argument within the cultural realities of the Shakespearean age. Across three sections, it analyzes the dramatic and poetic techniques that articulate this challenge to mortality. While acknowledging the importance of textual and performance-based scholarship, the book argues for renewed attention to Shakespearean meaning. In doing so, it reconsiders what continues to make Shakespeare matter within literary and intellectual history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Toby Widdicombe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1807580083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781807580087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Toby Widdicombe","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":49148491399423,"sku":"9781807580087","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeares-counternarrative-against-death-toby-widdicombe-9781807580087","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}