Shakespeare and the Victorians

Shakespeare and the Victorians explores the place of Shakespeare in Victorian culture, and shows how the plays and the man became central to all levels of Victorian life and thought.

List of contents

1 Shakespeare the Victorian; 2 Scholarship, Editing and Criticism; 3 Performance; 4 Music and Visual Art; 5 Shakespeare, the Novel, and Poetry; 6 Searching for Shakespeare; 7 Shakespeare beyond Shakespeare; 8 Last years

About the author

Stuart Sillars is Professor of English at the University of Bergen and the University of Agder, both in Norway, having previously been a member of the Faculty of English at Cambridge. He has held visiting fellowships at the Folger Shakespeare Library, the University of New Delhi, the University of Zagreb, and given lectures at universities throughout Europe and the USA. He is director of the Bergen Shakespeare and Drama Network, a group of international scholars who meet annually to discuss current projects, and a visiting fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. His research and writing has focussed mainly on the relationship between literature and the visual arts, and many aspects of Shakespeare's plays.

Summary

Shakespeare and the Victorians explores the place of Shakespeare in Victorian culture, and shows how the plays and the man became central to all levels of Victorian life and thought.

Additional text

The volume is an excellent contribution to Oxford's first rate "Shakespeare Topics" series and will be a thoroughly invaluable addition to the bookshelves of Shakespeare scholars and students alike.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Sillars, Stuart (Professor of English Sillars, Stuart S. Sillars, Sillars Stuart
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2013
• EAN: 9780199668076
• ISBN: 978-0-19-966807-6
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Oxford Shakespeare Topics; Oxford Shakespeare Topics (Har; Oxford Shakespeare Topics; Oxford Shakespeare Topics (Har
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History, English, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean