Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century

ISBN-13: 9780198711841 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str.

Michael Taylor

Opis

Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century traces the reception of Shakespeare in the critical literature from the end of Victorianism to the present day. It charts a course through the turbulent waters of the twentieth century's intense and prolific engagement with Shakespeare, dramatist and poet. Following an introductory overview of the major trends in Shakespeare criticism in their embattled state in the twentieth century, later chapters take up the various strands of this criticism in a more expansive manner. The book ranges widely across the plays and poems, and canvasses all stages of Shakespeare's career.

Recenzje

Oxford University Press offer a mix of engagingly written introductions to a variety of Topics intended largely for undergraduates. Each author has clearly been reading and listening to the most recent scholarship, but they wear their learning lightly.

O autorze

Professor, University of New Brunswick, 1975-93 (retired). Editor of Middleton: Four City Comedies (OWC, 1995); author of sections in Wells, ed., Shakespeare: Select Bibliographical Guide (OUP 1990] and Wells, ed., English Drama: Select Bibliographical Guide (OUP 1975); and author of numerous articles on Shakespeare, Renaissance drama, and fiction.