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Big-Time Shakespeare (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R1,206
Discovery Miles 12 060
Big-Time Shakespeare (Paperback, New): Michael D. Bristol

Big-Time Shakespeare (Paperback, New)

Michael D. Bristol

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Shakespeare has made the big time in the idiomatic sense of cultural success and widespread notoriety. Other literary figures may achieve canonical status within the academic community based on claims for artistic distinction, but Shakespeare is unusual in that he has also achieved contemporary celebrity. His aptitude for controversy constantly keeps his name in the public eye. Bristol discusses the supply side of cultural producation and argues that Shakepeare retains his authority, at least in part, because suppliers of cultural goods have been skilful at generating a social desire for products that bear his trademark and in creating merchandise to satisfy that desire. This book suggests that his plays represent the pathos of our civilization with extraordinary force and clarity. His characters remain interesting because we recognize what they are going through. Shakespeare's contradictory understanding of the social and cultural past is also examined through readings of The Winter's Tale, Othello and Hamlet. Bristol attempts to bridge the gap between conservative demands for unreflective affirmation of the ideals and achievements of Western civilisation.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 1996
First published: 1996
Authors: Michael D. Bristol
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-06017-2
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare plays, texts
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LSN: 0-415-06017-6
Barcode: 9780415060172

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