Not Shakespeare: Bardolatry and Burlesque in the Nineteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780521800150 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 224 str.

Richard W. Schoch

Opis

Burlesque has been a powerful and enduring weapon in the critique of legitimate Shakespearean culture by a seemingly illegitimate popular culture, particularly in the nineteenth century. This first study of nineteenth-century Shakespeare burlesques explores the paradox that plays obviously not Shakespearean appear to be the most genuinely Shakespearean of all. The book brings together archival research, rare photographs and illustrations, studies of burlesque scripts, and an awareness of theatrical, literary, and cultural contexts.

Recenzje

'… this book clearly establishes its author in the foremost rank of scholars of the Victorian stage … Schoch's edition is a tremendously useful supplement to current awareness of the variety of Victorian theatrical forms …' Theatre Notebook

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on texts; Introduction: 'New Readings for Unconventional Tragedians'; 1. 'Vile beyond endurance' : the language of burlesque; 2. Shakespeare's surrogates; 3. Shakespeare in Bohemia; 4. Politics 'burlesquified'; Bibliography; Index.