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Dryden, Pope, Johnson, Malone
Great Shakespeareans: Volume I
Dryden, Pope, Johnson, Malone
Great Shakespeareans: Volume I
Description
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 Alexander Pope, John Dryden, Samuel Johnson and Edmond Malone 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 their subject's intellectual and professional biography and an account of the wider cultural context, including comparison with other figures or works within the same field.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Claude Rawson (Yale University, USA)
1. John Dryden, Harold Love (Monash University, Australia)
2. Alexander Pope, Simon Jarvis (University of Cambridge, UK)
3. Samuel Johnson, Freya Johnstone (University of Oxford, UK)
4. Edmond Malone, Marcus Walsh (University of Liverpool, UK)
Index
Product details
| Published | 27 Mar 2014 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 224 |
| ISBN | 9781441125798 |
| Imprint | The Arden Shakespeare |
| Series | Great Shakespeareans |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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