Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century (Oxford Shakespeare Topics) - Softcover

Taylor, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198711840 ISBN 13: 9780198711841

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century traces the reception of Shakespeare in the critical literature from the end of Victorianism to the present day. It charts a course through the turbulent waters of the twentieth century's intense and prolific engagement with Shakespeare, dramatist and poet. Following an introductory overview of the major trends in Shakespeare criticism in their embattled state in the twentieth century, later chapters take up the various strands of this criticism in a more expansive manner. The book ranges widely across the plays and poems, and canvasses all stages of Shakespeare's career.

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This study traces the reception of Shakespeare in the critical literature from the end of Victorianism to the present day. It charts a course through the turbulent waters of the 20th-century's intense and prolific engagement with Shakespeare, dramatist and poet.

Review:

Michael Taylor's ... clarity of exposition is a triumph. Along the way he maps the hinterlands of a long centurys criticism, helping to explain what has counted as convincing, and why. (Ruth Morse, Times Literary Supplement)

Oxford University Press offer a mix of engagingly written introductions to a variety of Topics intended largely for undergraduates. Each author has clearly been reading and listening to the most recent scholarship, but they wear their learning lightly. (Ruth Morse, Times Literary Supplement)

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0198711840
• ISBN 13: 9780198711841
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290