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Shakespeare and the eighteenth century / edited by Peter Sabor and Paul Yachnin.

  • Accession number

    83435433

  • Class

    62/SHA/SAB

  • ISBN

    9780754662952 (hbk.), 0754662950 (hbk.)

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    x, 189 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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General note: pt. 1: Essays by Michael Bristol, Jean Marsden, and Nicholas Hudson on theorizing Shakespeare through character criticism, sympathetic indentification and appropriation of middle-class taste -- pt. 2: Fiona Ritchie, Marcus Walsh, Frans De Bruyn and Marcie Frank discuss a variety of critical, literary and editorial responses including the Shakespeare Ladies Club of the late 1730s, George Steevens and the 1778 Variorum, Edmund Burke's political treatises, and Ann Radcliffe's novels, both of the 1790s -- pt. 3: Paul Yachnin, Amanda Cockburn, Gefen Bar-On Santor and Jenny Davidson discuss some adaptations and reception of Richard II, Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, The merry wives of Windsor, Hamlet and The winter's tale. UK-SuSCL Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references and index.