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Reading Shakespeare's Poems in Early Modern England
Sasha Roberts
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Description for Reading Shakespeare's Poems in Early Modern England
Hardback. Examining gendered readerships and the use of erotic works, reading practises and manuscript culture, textual forms and transmission, literary taste and the canonisation of Shakespeare, this work argues that historicist criticism can no longer ignore histories of reading. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 265 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
This is the first comprehensive study of early modern texts, readings, and readers of Shakespeare's poems in print and manuscript, Reading Shakespeare's Poems in Early Modern England makes a compelling contribution both to Shakespeare studies and the history of the book. Examining gendered readerships and the use of erotic works, reading practises and manuscript culture, textual forms and transmission, literary taste and the canonisation of Shakespeare, this book argues that historicist criticism can no longer ignore histories of reading.
This is the first comprehensive study of early modern texts, readings, and readers of Shakespeare's poems in print and manuscript, Reading Shakespeare's Poems in Early Modern England makes a compelling contribution both to Shakespeare studies and the history of the book. Examining gendered readerships and the use of erotic works, reading practises and manuscript culture, textual forms and transmission, literary taste and the canonisation of Shakespeare, this book argues that historicist criticism can no longer ignore histories of reading.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern Literature in History
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333740149
SKU
V9780333740149
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99-15
About Sasha Roberts
SASHA ROBERTS is Lecturer in English at the University of Kent. Her previous publications include Women Reading Shakespeare, 1660-1900: An Annotated Anthology co-edited with Ann Thompson (1997), Writers and Their Work: Romeo and Juliet (1998), and essays on Shakespeare and the history of reading. She is currently researching the formation of literary taste in early modern manuscript culture.
Reviews for Reading Shakespeare's Poems in Early Modern England
'Roberts' study of the early modern reception of Shakespeare's poems challenges current assumptions about textual authority as well as aesthetic taste. In her use of manuscript miscellanies, marginalia, and often neglected printed works to reveal the diverse agencies of readers, Roberts contributes significantly to the history of the book'. - Mary Ellen Lamb 'In this gem of ... Read more