Shakespeare Studies Today Romanticism Lost
Description
The Romantics invented Shakespeare studies, and in losing contact with our origins, we have not been able to develop an adequate alternative foundation on which to build our work. This book asserts that among Shakespeareans at present, the level of conviction required to sustain a healthy critical practice is problematically if not dangerously low, and the qualities which the Romantics valued in an engagement with Shakespeare are either ignored these days or fundamentally misunderstood.
Keywords
Literary CriticismPoetryModernSemiotics & TheoryEuropeanPerforming ArtsLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeTheater
2011Book
Author(s)Edward Pechter
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230114197
LanguageEnglish
