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Erickson, Peter. Citing Shakespeare: The Reinterpretation of Race in Contemporary Literature and Art. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Investigates contemporary citations of Shakespeare’s work in Anglophone texts in order to excavate a nuanced set of citational praxes. The book argues that Shakespeare is invoked by contemporary authors not only to celebrate the underpinnings of Euro-American culture, but to subject cultural landscapes to a critical lens. To do so, it attends to specific literary maneuvers which are each embedded within specific literary and visual artifacts. The work engages conversations in literary theory and Shakespeare studies.
