| Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Auden, Beckett: Great Shakespeareans: Volume XII Contributor(s): Poole, Adrian (Editor), Holland, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1472518500 ISBN-13: 9781472518507 Publisher: Arden Shakespeare OUR PRICE: $45.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Drama | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| Series: Great Shakespeareans |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.00 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of thosefigures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally andinternationally. In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution ofJames Joyce, T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden and Samuel Beckett to the afterlife andreception of Shakespeare and his works.Each essay assesses the double impact of Shakespeare on the figurecovered and of that figure on the understanding, interpretation andappreciation of Shakespeare, providing a sketch of its subject's intellectualand professional biography and an account of the wider cultural context. |
Contributor Bio(s): Poole, Adrian: - Adrian Poole is at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.Holland, Peter: - Peter Holland holds the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre and is Associate Dean for the Arts at the University of Notre Dame. He was formerly Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and is editor of Shakespeare Survey and co-general editor of the Oxford Shakespeare Topics series. Peter Holland is McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies at the University of Notre Dame, USA. Peter Holland is the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies and the Associate Dean for the Arts at the University of Notre Dame, USA. |