Charles LaPorte (University of Washington)

The Victorian Cult of Shakespeare

Bardology in the Nineteenth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

This book will interest anyone who is curious about how Shakespeare became the presiding deity of English literature. It describes the Victorians' quasi-Biblical culture surrounding Shakespeare's work and discusses why Victorian devotion had an enduring impact upon English studies in the Western world.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781108496155
• ISBN-10: 1108496156
• Artikelnr.: 59987217

Autorenporträt

Charles LaPorte is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Washington. His Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible (2011) was awarded the Sonya Rudikoff Prize for the best first book in Victorian studies.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Shakespearean sermons and other pious texts
2. The harmonies and beauties of devotional Shakespeare volumes
3. The sonnets and the messiah
4. The authority of the (missing) author
5. Shakespearean clerisies and perfect texts
Conclusion. Concealed wonders and choice treasures.