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Shakespeare and the Eighteenth Century

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In 1700, Shakespeare was viewed as one of the leading Renaissance playwrights, but not as supreme. By 1800, he was not only widely performed and read but celebrated as a universal genius and a national literary hero. What happened during the intervening years is the subject of this fascinating volume, which brings together Renaissance and eighteenth-century scholars who examine how Shakespeare gradually penetrated, and came to dominate, the culture and intellectual life of people in the English-speaking world. The contributors approach Shakespeare from a wide range of perspectives, to illuminate the way contemporary philosophy, science and medicine, textual practice, theatre studies, and literature both informed and were influenced by eighteenth-century interpretations of his works. Among the topics are Falstaff and eighteenth-century ideas of the sublime, David Garrick's 1756 adaptation of The Winter's Tale and its relationship to medical theories of femininity, the textual practices of George Steevens, Shakespeare's importance in furthering the careers of actors on the eighteenth-century stage, and the influence of Shakespeare on writers as diverse as Edmund Burke, Horace Walpole, and Ann Radcliff. Together, the essays paint a vivid picture of the relationship between eighteenth-century Shakespeare and ideas about shared nationhood, knowledge, morality, history, and the self.

Author Biography:

Peter Sabor is Canada Research Chair in Eighteenth Century Studies and Professor of English, and Paul Yachnin is Tomlinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies in the Department of English, McGill University, Canada. Peter Sabor, Paul Yachnin, Michael Bristol, Jean Marsden, Nicholas Hudson, , Fiona Ritchie, Marcus Walsh, Frans de Bruyn, Marcie Frank, Paul Yachnin, Amanda Cockburn, Gefen Bar-On Santor, Jenny Davidson.
Release date NZ
September 28th, 2008
Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributors
  • Edited by Paul Yachnin
  • Edited by Peter Sabor
Pages
202
Dimensions
156x234x13
ISBN-13
9780754662952
Product ID
2633912

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