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Is Shakespeare Any Good?: And Other Questions on How to Evaluate Literature
Contributor(s): Bradford, Richard (Author)
ISBN: 1118220013     ISBN-13: 9781118220016
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $77.85  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Shakespeare
Dewey: 809
LCCN: 2014050196
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 344 pages
 
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Is Shakespeare any Good? reveals why certain literary works and authors are treated as superior to others, and questions the literary establishment's criteria for creating an imperium of "great" writers.

  • Enables readers to articulate and formulate their own arguments about the quality of literature - including works that convention forbids us to dislike
  • Dismantles the claims of academic criticism - particularly Theory - to tell us anything useful about why we like or appreciate literature
  • Challenges and shatters many longstanding beliefs about literature and its evaluation
  • Poses serious questions about the value of literature, and studying literature, and presents these in a lively and entertainingly provocative manner