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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Depledge, Emma
Titre(s) : Shakespeare's rise to cultural prominence [Texte imprimé] : politics, print and alteration, 1642-1700 / Emma Depledge
Publication : Cambridge (GB) : Cambridge university press, 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-251 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Shakespeare's rise to prominence was by no means inevitable. While he was popular
in his lifetime, the number of new editions and revivals of his plays declined over
the following decades. Emma Depledge uses the methodologies of book and theatre history
to provide a re-assessment of the reputation and dissemination of Shakespeare during
the Interregnum and Restoration. She demonstrates the crucial role of the Exclusion
Crisis (1678-1682), a political crisis over the royal succession, as a foundational
moment in Shakespeare's canonisation. The period saw a sudden surge of theatrical
alterations and a significantly increased rate of new editions and stage revivals.
In the wake of the Exclusion Crisis, Shakespeare's plays were made available on a
scale not witnessed since the early seventeenth century, thus reversing what might
otherwise have been a permanent disappearance of his drama from canonical familiarity
and firmly establishing Shakespeare's work in the national cultural imagination
Sujet(s) : Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) -- Critique et interprétation -- 17e siècle
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) -- Appréciation -- 17e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781108427104. - ISBN 1108427103 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455065078
Notice n° :
FRBNF45506507
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; Shakespeare in the Civil Wwar and Interregnum years, 1642-1659 ;
Shakespeare on the early Restoration stage and page, 1660-1677 ; Shakespeare and
the Exclusion Crisis, 1678-82: the decision to alter his plays ; The politics of
Shakespeare alterations of the Exclusion Crisis ; Selling Shakespeare on the Exclusion
Crisis stage and page ; Shakespeare in the wake of the Exclusion Crisis, 1683-1700.
