The Romantic Cult of Shakespeare - Literary Reception in Anthropological Perspective (Hardcover)

Focusing on England, Hungary and on some other European countries, the book explores the latent religious patterns in the appropriation of Shakespeare from the 1769 Stratford Jubilee to the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth in 1864. It shows how the Shakespeare cult used quasi-religious (verbal and ritual) means of reverence, how it made use of some romantic notions, and how the ensuing quasi-transcendental authority was utilized for political purposes. The book suggests a theoretical framework and a comprehensive anthropological context for the interpretation of literature.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Romanticism in Perspective:Texts, Cultures, Histories
Release date:	August 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	P. Davidhazi
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-333-69827-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism
LSN:	0-333-69827-4
Barcode:	9780333698273

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