The Genius of Shakespeare - Brossura

Bate, Jonathan

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ISBN 10: 0195128230 ISBN 13: 9780195128239

Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 1998

Riassunto

This fascinating book by one of Britain's most acclaimed young Shakespeare scholars explores the extraordinary staying-power of Shakespeare's work. Bate opens by taking up questions of authorship, asking, for example, Who was Shakespeare, based on the little documentary evidence we have? Which works really are attributable to him? And how extensive was the influence of Christopher Marlowe? Bate goes on to trace Shakespeare's canonization and near- deification, examining not only the uniqueness of his status among English-speaking readers but also his effect on literate cultures across the globe.

Ambitious, wide-ranging, and historically rich, this book shapes a provocative inquiry into the nature of genius as it ponders the legacy of a talent unequalled in English letters. A bold and meticulous work of scholarship,The Genius of Shakespeare is also lively and accessibly written and will appeal to any reader who has marveled at the Bard and the enduring power of his work.

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L'autore:

Jonathan Bate is King Alfred the Great Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool. He is the author ofShakespeare and Ovid (OUP, 1993), Shakespearean Constitutions (OUP, 1989), andShakespeare and the English Romantic Imagination (OUP, 1986). Among his edited volumes areTitus Andronicus (Arden Shakespeare), Romantic Ecology, andThe Romantics on Shakespeare.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0195128230
• ISBN 13: 9780195128239
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 412