IN:\u00a0<\/strong>Partit\u00fara Irodalomtudom\u00e1nyi foly\u00f3irat, Volume: VIII. \u00a0, Issue 2, 2013 p. 23-42,\u00a0ISSN 1336-7307<\/span><\/p>\n DOI:<\/strong>\u00a010.17846\/PA.2013.8.2.23-42<\/p>\n Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n The essay concentrates on the intersection of Shakespeare and feminism and\u00a0highlights some contemporary trends in Anglo-American feminist Shakespeare\u00a0criticism. Various feminist approaches to Shakespeare are grouped, categorized\u00a0and differentiated; inconsistency within feminist criticism of Shakespeare is\u00a0also emphasised. Special attention is devoted to a historical feminist approach\u00a0to Shakespeare and to Juliet Dusinberre\u2019s provocative idea that Shakespeare\u00a0was actually a feminist. The author also examines and analyses various textbased\u00a0approaches to Shakespeare and outlines their scope of study and focal\u00a0points. The third scope of study found in feminist criticism of Shakespeare is the\u00a0highly complex phenomenon of feminist adaptation of Shakespeare. This field\u00a0includes feminist texts; rethinking, adapting and rewriting Shakespeare by putting\u00a0women characters and feminist theorization at the centre; and, letting\u00a0Shakespeare\u2019s women tell their stories differently. Feminist rewriters of\u00a0Shakespeare evoke feminist criticism\u2019s concern with women as writers, expressing\u00a0attitudes they hold toward the cultural image of Shakespeare while at the\u00a0same time, giving voice to their own motives and responses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n