The Victorian Cult of Shakespeare: Bardology in the Nineteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9781108791588 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 231 str.

Charles (University of Washington) LaPorte

Opis

How and why did Victorian culture make Shakespeare into a literary deity and his work into a secular Bible?

Recenzje

'… this is a book of considerable value in making available texts long overlooked, allowing readers to place them within the larger frames of Victorian clerisy and Shakespearean studies.' Stuart Sillars, Modern Language Quarterly

Spis treści

1. Shakespearean sermons and other pious texts; 2. The harmonies and beauties of devotional Shakespeare volumes; 3. The sonnets and the messiah; 4. The authority of the (missing) author; 5. Shakespearean clerisies and perfect texts; Conclusion. Concealed wonders and choice treasures.