[PDF] Punch And Shakespeare In The Victorian Era eBook

Author : Alan R. Young
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,47 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783039110780

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The English humour magazine Punch, or the London Charivari, which first appeared in 1841, quickly became something of a national institution with a large and multi-layered readership. Though comic in tone, Punch was deeply serious about upholding high literary and artistic standards, about dealing with serious subject-matter, and about attempting to nurture its readers' appreciation of the national drama and of Shakespeare's plays in particular. The author's detailed examination of Punch's constant advocacy of Shakespeare reveals telling new evidence concerning the ubiquitous presence of Shakespeare within Victorian culture. New research in the Punch archives and elsewhere also reveals the identities of many of the Punch authors and artists. The author shows how those who worked for Punch often subsumed their collective identities within the single persona of Mr. Punch, a fictional creation who repeatedly presents himself in both texts and graphics as a close friend and admirer of Shakespeare, a man able to remind Victorian readers constantly of the supreme literary and moral values represented by Shakespeare's works.

Author : Charles LaPorte
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 37,23 MB
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1108496156

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How and why did Victorian culture make Shakespeare into a literary deity and his work into a secular Bible?

Author : Gail Marshall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 23,11 MB
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521518245

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An illustrated collection of new essays with valuable reference material on the performance and reception of Shakespeare's plays.

Author : Amy Lidster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 2023-08-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1316517489

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The first material history of how Shakespeare has been 'recruited' in wartime.

Author : Jill L Levenson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 13,61 MB
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1317696190

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The Shakespearean World takes a global view of Shakespeare and his works, especially their afterlives. Constantly changing, the Shakespeare central to this volume has acquired an array of meanings over the past four centuries. "Shakespeare" signifies the historical person, as well as the plays and verse attributed to him. It also signifies the attitudes towards both author and works determined by their receptions. Throughout the book, specialists aim to situate Shakespeare’s world and what the world is because of him. In adopting a global perspective, the volume arranges thirty-six chapters in five parts: Shakespeare on stage internationally since the late seventeenth century; Shakespeare on film throughout the world; Shakespeare in the arts beyond drama and performance; Shakespeare in everyday life; Shakespeare and critical practice. Through its coverage, The Shakespearean World offers a comprehensive transhistorical and international view of the ways this Shakespeare has not only influenced but has also been influenced by diverse cultures during 400 years of performance, adaptation, criticism, and citation. While each chapter is a freshly conceived introduction to a significant topic, all of the chapters move beyond the level of survey, suggesting new directions in Shakespeare studies – such as ecology, tourism, and new media – and making substantial contributions to the field. This volume is an essential resource for all those studying Shakespeare, from beginners to advanced specialists.

Author : Adrian Poole
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 19,45 MB
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1408143720

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Adrian Poole examines the Victorian's obsession with Shakespeare, his impact upon the era's consciousness, and the expression of this in their drama, novels and poetry. The book features detailed discussion of the interpretations and applications of Shakespeare by major figures such as Dickens and Hardy, Tennyson and Browning, as well as those less well-known.

Author : Christa Jansohn
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 15,92 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3643905904

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This volume contains a collection of essays on Shakespeare Jubilees around the world, from 1769 to 2014. The contributions range from the elaborate celebrations in Shakespeare's hometown to more modest festivities elsewhere; and from ambitious, theatrical, and politically loaded demonstrations to nationally colored, culturally distinct, and idiosyncratic commemorations. The variety of ways in which geographically distant countries have remembered Shakespeare has never before been the object of a comparative study. The book's essays will throw new light on Shakespeare as a shared international heritage. (Series: Studies on English Literature / Studien zur englischen Literatur - Vol. 27) [Subject: Literary Studies, Shakespearean Studies, Theater Studies]

Author : Sally Barnden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 21,32 MB
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 019889497X

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Explores the extent to which members of the royal family have appropriated the creative legacy of Shakespeare, from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, in order to shore up royal and national ideologies and to assert the legitimacy of the monarchy.