{"product_id":"william-shakespeares-antony-and-cleopatra-ken-parker-9780746311400","title":"William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra","description":"\u003cp\u003eKenneth Parker gives a historical and critical exposition of commentaries of the play. These are traced back to firmly held assumptions, about theories of literary production and consumption as well as political relations, not yet wholly shed in the present. Dominant traditions (of Cleopatra as 'whore' and 'gypsy'; of Antony as 'deserter'; of 'Rome' as the measure by which it, as well as 'Egypt' should be read) are not simply questioned, but instead, close reading of the text of the play provides \u003cbr\u003ea comprehensive set of alternative readings based upon mostly postcolonial and feminist theories. From this there emerges the concluding argument that, of all \u003cbr\u003eShakespeare's plays, \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra \u003c\/i\u003eis the text for our times; one that is 'past the size of dreaming'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Parker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0746311400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780746311400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.57w x 0.35d","brand":"Ken Parker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453374738687,"sku":"9780746311400","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8928478-b9e3-44b3-b59e-9b0533570508.jpg?v=1777299905","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/william-shakespeares-antony-and-cleopatra-ken-parker-9780746311400","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}