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The Victorian Cult of Shakespeare
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Bardology in the Nineteenth Century
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Artikel-Nr:
9781108496155
Veröffentl:
2020
Erscheinungsdatum:
05.11.2020
Seiten:
260
Autor:
Charles Laporte
Gewicht:
481 g
Format:
229x152x14 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Charles LaPorte is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Washington. His Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible (2011) was awarded the Sonya Rudikoff Prize for the best first book in Victorian studies.
This book will interest anyone who is curious about how Shakespeare became the presiding deity of English literature. It describes the Victorians' quasi-Biblical culture surrounding Shakespeare's work and discusses why Victorian devotion had an enduring impact upon English studies in the Western world.
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.