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Shakespeare and the Eighteenth-Century Novel - Cultures of Quotation from Samuel Richardson to Jane Austen (Paperback)
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Shakespeare and the Eighteenth-Century Novel - Cultures of Quotation from Samuel Richardson to Jane Austen (Paperback)
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The eighteenth century has long been acknowledged as a pivotal
period in Shakespeare's reception, transforming a playwright
requiring 'improvement' into a national poet whose every word was
sacred. Scholars have examined the contribution of performances,
adaptations, criticism and editing to this process of
transformation, but the crucial role of fiction remains overlooked.
Shakespeare and the Eighteenth-Century Novel reveals for the first
time the prevalence, and the importance, of fictional characters'
direct quotations from Shakespeare. Quoting characters ascribe
emotional and moral authority to Shakespeare, redeploy his
theatricality, and mock banal uses of his words; by shaping in this
way what is considered valuable about Shakespeare, the novel
accrues new cultural authority of its own. Shakespeare underwrites,
and is underwritten by, the eighteenth-century novel, and this book
reveals the lasting implications for both of their reputations.
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