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Shakespeare Studies Today : Romanticism Lost /

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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...

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Main Author: Pechter, Edward (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Literary History.
Literary Theory.
Poetry and Poetics.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
British literature.
Literature > History and criticism.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern.
Poetry.
Theater.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages)
ISBN:9780230119369
DOI:10.1057/9780230119369