03125nam 2200673 450 991078748120332120200520144314.00-8131-3071-90-8131-6143-6(CKB)3710000000334468(EBL)1915671(SSID)ssj0001402817(PQKBManifestationID)12522700(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402817(PQKBWorkID)11360063(PQKB)11764016(OCoLC)623750742(MdBmJHUP)muse44698(Au-PeEL)EBL1915671(CaPaEBR)ebr11007373(CaONFJC)MIL691395(OCoLC)900345066(MiAaPQ)EBC1915671(EXLCZ)99371000000033446820150131h19951995 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe re-imagined text Shakespeare, adaptation, & eighteenth-century literary theory /Jean I. MarsdenLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1995.©19951 online resource (205 p.)Includes index.1-322-60113-5 0-8131-1901-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-186) and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Re-Imagined Text; 1 Radical Adaptation; 2 The Beginnings of Shakespeare Criticism; Part II: Refined from the Dross; 3 Adaptation in Decline; 4 Criticism at Mid-Century; 5 The Search for a Genuine Text; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZShakespeare's plays were not always the inviolable texts they are almost universally considered to be today. The Restoration and eighteenth century committed what many critics view as one of the most subversive acts in literary history -- the rewriting and restructuring of Shakespeare's plays.Many of us are familiar with Nahum Tate's ""audacious"" adaptation of King Lear with its resoundingly happy ending, but Tate was only one of a score of playwrights who adapted Shakespeare's plays. Between 1660 and 1777, more than fifty adaptations appeared in print and on the stage, works in whichEnglish drama18th centuryHistory and criticismTheory, etcEnglish dramaAdaptationsHistory and criticismCriticismGreat BritainHistory18th centuryTheaterGreat BritainHistory18th centuryLiterary formHistory18th centuryEnglish dramaHistory and criticismTheory, etc.English dramaAdaptationsHistory and criticism.CriticismHistoryTheaterHistoryLiterary formHistory822.3/3Marsden Jean I.1470315MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787481203321The re-imagined text3682058UNINA