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This is the first book to look at the quasi-religious aspects of
the romantic cult of Shakespeare. Focusing on England, Hungary, and
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 1864. Surveying both
the verbal and non-verbal manifestations of the Shakespeare cult,
the author highlights their analogies with those of traditional
religious cults and shows the appropriation of Shakespeare and his
texts to be inseparable from quasi-religious acts of reverence such
as literary pilgrimages, relic worship, the erection and dedication
of monuments, and public celebrations of anniversaries. This cult
made use of some important romantic notions (genius, originality,
imagination, transcendental analogies of artistic creation), and
the ensuing quasi-transcendental authority was to be utilized for
political purposes. The book suggests a theoretical framework and a
comprehensive anthropological context for the interpretation of
literature.
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.
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