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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789920603321

Titolo

Empson, Wilson Knight, Barber, Kott / / edited by Hugh Grady

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2012

ISBN

1-4725-5491-4

1-4725-7861-9

1-280-57547-6

9786613605153

1-4411-0788-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

Great Shakespeareans ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

822.3/3

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Series Editors' Preface; Peter Holland and Adrian Poole; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: The Dynamics of Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century; Hugh Grady; Chapter 1 William Empson; Lars Engle; Chapter 2 G. Wilson Knight; Michael Taylor; Chapter 3 C. L. Barber; Peter Erickson; Chapter 4 Jan Kott; Kott in the East; Madalina Nicolaescu; Kott in the West; Zoltán Márkus; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 G. Wilson Knight, William Empson, C.L. Barber and Jan Kott 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, provide a sketch of the