Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies (May 2007)
Attention to Language: An Interview with Catherine Belsey
Abstract
In late 2006, a Distinguished Visiting Teachers Grant enabled the Discipline of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia to benefit from the temporary residence of Catherine Belsey, an influential Shakespearian, feminist scholar and cultural critic. Catherine Belsey is a Research Professor of English at the University of Wales, Swansea. Her work – including 'Desire: Love Stories in Western Culture' (1994), 'Shakespeare and the Loss of Eden' (1999), 'Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction' (2002), 'Culture and the Real' (2005), and 'Why Shakespeare' (2007) – is characteristically engaging and intellectually provocative.1 Professor Belsey spoke to Karen Hall and David Nel on a wide range of topics, from the persistent relevance of Shakespeare to the (apparent) abstractions of cultural theory and the intersections of teaching and scholarship to the ongoing relevance of the humanities.
