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The four writers featured in this volume represent different aspects of the modernist response to Shakespeare. James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden and Samuel Beckett were all exceptionally learned and their art takes a delight in difficulty. But the scurrility, irreverence and playfulness they found in Shakespeare are essential features of what they themselves were to do with him. They were particularly drawn to Shakespeare's outcasts, and to the experiences of marginality, estrangement, indigence and craziness. In return they have helped to shape the ways in which we now read Shakespeare himself.

Sommario

Series Preface Introduction 1. James Joyce Maud Ellmann 2. T.S Eliot Anne Stillman 3. W.H. Auden Jeremy Noel-Tod 4. Samuel Beckett Daniel Gunn Index

Info autore

Adrian Poole is Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge, UK and a Fellow of Trinity College, UK.
His books include Tragedy:  A very short introduction (OUP) and Shakespeare and the Victorians (Arden).

Riassunto

The four writers featured in this volume represent different aspects of the modernist response to Shakespeare. James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden and Samuel Beckett were all exceptionally learned and their art takes a delight in difficulty. But the scurrility, irreverence and playfulness they found in Shakespeare are essential features of what they themselves were to do with him. They were particularly drawn to Shakespeare’s outcasts, and to the experiences of marginality, estrangement, indigence and craziness. In return they have helped to shape the ways in which we now read Shakespeare himself.

Prefazione

A comprehensive critical analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. This volume focuses on Shakespeare's reception by modernist writers.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Adrian Poole, Poole Adrian
• Con la collaborazione di: Peter Holland (Editore), Adrian Poole (Editore)
• Editore: Network Education Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.09.2014
• EAN: 9781472518507
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-1850-7
• Serie: Great Shakespeareans; Great Shakespeareans
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean