{"product_id":"the-tainted-muse-robert-brustein-9780300115765","title":"The Tainted Muse: Prejudice and Presumption in Shakespeare and His Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative look at Shakespeare in his age by one of our most influential theater figures\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is a masterful and engaging exploration of both Shakespeare's works and his age. Concentrating on six recurring prejudices in Shakespeare's plays--such as misogyny, elitism, distrust of effeminacy, and racism--Robert Brustein examines how Shakespeare and his contemporaries treated them. More than simply a thematic study, the book reveals a playwright constantly exploiting and exploring his own personal stances. These prejudices, Brustein finds, are not unchanging; over time they vary in intensity and treatment. Shakespeare is an artist who invariably reflects the predilections of his age and yet almost always manages to transcend them.\u003cp\u003eBrustein considers the whole of Shakespeare's plays, from the early histories to the later romances, though he gives special attention to \u003ci\u003eHamlet, King Lear, Othello, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e. Drawing comparisons to plays by Marlowe, Middleton, and Marston, Brustein investigates how Shakespeare's contemporaries were preoccupied with similar themes and how these different artists treated the current prejudices in their own ways. Rather than confining Shakespeare to his age, this book has the wonderful quality of illuminating both what he shared with his time and what is unique about his approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Brustein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300115768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300115765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2009 pg. 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/22\/2011 pg. 62","brand":"Robert Brustein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45331705889023,"sku":"9780300115765","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd91d291-2ebb-4391-8642-79106f8f1365.jpg?v=1713970673","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tainted-muse-robert-brustein-9780300115765","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}