Reinventing Shakespeare: A Cultural History from the Restoration to the Present Day - Softcover

Taylor, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099819708 ISBN 13: 9780099819707

Publisher: Vintage, 1991

Synopsis

In 1985 Gary Taylor caused worldwide controversy with his discovery of the poem "Shall I Die?", which he attributed to Shakespeare. Here he re-assesses the greatness of England's literary and cultural icon, examining the ways in which each era re-invents Shakespeare to suit its own ends. In doing so, Taylor offers an irreverent account of the "Bard industry" through the ages and issues challenges to the principles of literary judgement.

About this title

About the Author:

About the Author:
Gary Taylor is Associate Professor of English Literature at Brandeis University. He is a joint general editor of Oxford's Shakespeare: Complete Works, co-author of William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion and The Division of the Kingdoms: Shakespeare's Two Versions of "King Lear", and author of To Analyze Delight: A Hedonist Criticism of Shakespeare.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0099819708
• ISBN 13: 9780099819707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 460