Title The re-imagined text : Shakespeare, adaptation, & eighteenth-century literary theory / Jean I. Marsden

Published Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1995 ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (205 pages) Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Re-Imagined Text; 1 Radical Adaptation; 2 The Beginnings of Shakespeare Criticism; Part II: Refined from the Dross; 3 Adaptation in Decline; 4 Criticism at Mid-Century; 5 The Search for a Genuine Text; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z Summary Shakespeare's plays were not always the inviolable texts they are almost universally considered to be today. The Restoration and eighteenth century committed what many critics view as one of the most subversive acts in literary history -- the rewriting and restructuring of Shakespeare's plays. Many of us are familiar with Nahum Tate's ""audacious"" adaptation of King Lear with its resoundingly happy ending, but Tate was only one of a score of playwrights who adapted Shakespeare's plays. Between 1660 and 1777, more than fifty adaptations appeared in print and on the stage, works in which playwri Analysis Criticism History 18th century Great Britain English drama Adaptations History and criticism English drama History and criticism Theory, etc 18th century Geschichte 1660-1777 Literary form History 18th century Shakespeare, William Adaptations Shakespeare, William Criticism and interpretation History 18th century Theater History 18th century Great Britain Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History -- 18th century. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations. SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast Subject English drama -- 18th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc English drama -- Adaptations -- History and criticism Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Literary form -- History -- 18th century DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. DRAMA -- Shakespeare. Criticism English drama -- Adaptations Literary form Theater Great Britain Genre/Form Adaptations Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813161433 0813161436 0813130719 9780813130712

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