The Reception of Elizabethan Drama in the Romantic Period

ISBN-13: 9783639001877 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 96 str.

Kai Chun Fung

Opis

This book provides a useful account of the reception of John Ford in the Romantic Period. It argues that the three fundamental causes of the revival of Shakespeare - that is, the rise in historical criticism, the influence of Longinus, and the endeavour to reinforce Englishness - were echoed in the revival and reception of Ford in the period.

O autorze

FUNG, Kai Chun Born and raised in Hong Kong, the author went to university in Australia where he studied English Literature, a subject that was new to him. Following his studies, however, he found himself obsessed with the topic of aesthetics and developed a particular interest in Elizabethan and Romantic literature...