Shakespeare studies today : romanticism lost / Edward Pechter.

Title
  1. Shakespeare studies today : romanticism lost / Edward Pechter.
Published by
  1. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2011.
Author
  1. Pechter, Edward, 1941-

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Description
  1. 238 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
  1. The Romantics invented Shakespeare studies, and in losing contact with our origins, we have not been able to develop an adequate alternative foundation on which to build our work. This book asserts that among Shakespeareans at present, the level of conviction required to sustain a healthy critical practice is problematically if not dangerously low, and the qualities which the Romantics valued in an engagement with Shakespeare are either ignored these days or fundamentally misunderstood.
Subject
  1. DRAMA > Shakespeare
  2. LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare
  3. Literary theory
  4. Literature
  5. Shakespeare studies & criticism
  6. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > History > 19th century
  7. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > History > 20th century
Contents
  1. Part I: Discipline and Desire€* Return of the Aesthetic?€* Negative Desire:€ Materialism and its Discontents * Part II:€ What's Wrong with Literature? * New Theatricalism:€ The Repudiation of Literary Interest€* New Textualism:€ Crisis in Editing * Part€III:€ Romanticism Lost *€Formalism:€ The Question of Romantic Anti-Theatricalism * Romantic Authorship, Post-Romantic Professionalism€€€€€€€.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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