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.

About this title

About the Author:

Professor, University of New Brunswick, 1975-93 (retired). Editor of Middleton: Four City Comedies (OWC, 1995); author of sections in Wells, ed., Shakespeare: Select Bibliographical Guide (OUP 1990] and Wells, ed., English Drama: Select Bibliographical Guide (OUP 1975); and author of numerous
articles on Shakespeare, Renaissance drama, and fiction.

Review:

"A brilliant summarization of appropriations of Shakespeare."-Renaissance Quarterly

"Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century provides an admirably useful introduction to the century in which Shakespeare met the academy in a way unprecedented before 1901."--Sixteenth Century Journal

"In Oxford University Press's excellent series on Shakespeare Topics, Michael Taylor in Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century and Russ McDonald in Shakespeare and the Arts of Language offer admirable scholarship presented with welcome readability. This series ought to be in every library."--Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance

"This book would serve well as a primer to the subject of modern Shakespeare appropriation, perfect for upper-level undergraduates."--Vrginia Quarterly Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0198711840
• ISBN 13: 9780198711841
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288