Responses to Shakespeare - From the Elizabethan to the Edwardian Era (Hardcover)

From his own lifetime thorugh to the present day, the one constant feature of the English theatre has been the work of William Shakespeare. Correspondingly, the influence of his poetry on the critical tradition of successive ages has been central. With the growing influence of neo-classicism after the Restoration, Shakespeare came to be viewed with a mixture of awe and contempt; as a brilliant but flawed artist. He was both subjected to prescriptive literary criticism and frequently "re-invented" according to largely irrelevant criteria, in his intepretation on the stage. However, whether admired or reviled he was never ignored and was consistently a seminal influence in the work of poets, critics and actors. As the Romantic movement emerged, the rift between the worlds of literature and the theatre began slowly to heal and Shakespeare as the absis for serious theatrical art appeared to become a possibility.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1997
First published:	1998
Introduction by:	John Adler
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	2400
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-16321-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism
LSN:	0-415-16321-8
Barcode:	9780415163217

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