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Marx and Freud

Great Shakespeareans: Volume X

Crystal Bartolovich author Dr David Hillman author Professor Jean E Howard author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Continuum Publishing Corporation

Published:24th May '12

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Focuses on Shakespeare's reception by the modern intellectuals. This title offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally.This is a comprehensive critical analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. This volume focuses on Shakespeare's reception by the modern intellectuals. "Great Shakespeareans" offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally. In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Each substantial contribution assesses the double impact of Shakespeare on the figure covered and of the figure on the understanding, interpretation and appreciation of Shakespeare, provides a sketch of their subject's intellectual and professional biography and an account of the wider cultural context, including comparison with other figures or works within the same field.

Mentioned in Studies in English Literature (SEL) 1500-1900 -- Garrett A. Sullivan Jr. * Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *

ISBN: 9781441166647

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232 pages