Shakespeare in the eighteenth century /

Examines Shakespeare's influence and popularity in all aspects of eighteenth-century literature, culture and society.

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Other Authors: Ritchie, Fiona, Sabor, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; SHAKESPEARE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Short titles; Introduction; I; II; III; NOTES; PART I: The dissemination and reception of Shakespeare in print; CHAPTER 1: Editing and publishing Shakespeare; NOTES; CHAPTER 2: Criticism of Shakespeare; NOTES; CHAPTER 3: Shakespeare in the reviews; NOTES; CHAPTER 4: Shakespeare discoveries and forgeries; LEWIS THEOBALD'S 'DOUBLE FALSHOOD' AND THECULTURAL POLITICS OF THE 1720S; THE AUTHENTICITY OF 'DOUBLE FALSHOOD'; FORGERY: IRELANDS VORTIGERN;́ NOTES.
  • PART II: Shakespeare in literatureCHAPTER 5: Shakespeare in poetry; NOTES; CHAPTER 6: Shakespeare in the novel; POLITICAL SHAKESPEARE; WELL READ IN SHAKESPEARE; SHAKESPEARE INDUSTRIES; EVERY MAN'S SHAKESPEARE; NOTES; CHAPTER 7: Shakespeare in drama; NOTES; PART III: Shakespeare on the stage; CHAPTER 8: Shakespeare and the London stage; PROLOGUE SPOKEN BY MR GARRICK; REPERTOIRE; SCENES; WIGS; EPILOGUE SPOKEN BY MRS WOFFINGTON; NOTES; CHAPTER 9: Shakespeare adaptation; NOTES; CHAPTER 10: Shakespeare and opera; 'THE TEMPEST'
  • THE STORM IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN OPERA.
  • 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM'
  • ENGLISH OPERA REDUX'ROMEO AND JULIET'
  • SERIOUS GERMAN OPERA AS AN IDEAL; 'THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR'
  • THE ALL-SUNG FINALE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; PART IV: Memorializing Shakespeare; CHAPTER 11: Shakespeare and the visual arts; NOTES; CHAPTER 12: Shakespeare and the Stratford Jubilee; THE LANGUAGES OF THE JUBILEE; PROTEAN SHAKESPEARE; JUBILEE STORIES; NOTES; CHAPTER 13: Shakespeare and English nationalism; NOTES; PART V: Shakespeare in the wider world; CHAPTER 14: Shakespeare and the French Revolution; SCHOLARSHIP, POLITICS AND HISTORY.
  • POLITICAL AND DIDACTIC ADAPTATIONADAPTATION AND PERFORMANCE; NOTES; CHAPTER 15: Shakespeare and Germany; NOTES; CHAPTER 16: Shakespeare and philosophy; THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHERS; PHILOSOPHICAL VALUE: EDITORS, CRITICS AND AESTHETICIANS; ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHY; NOTES; Reference guide to Shakespeare in the eighteenth century; 1 EDITING, ANNOTATING AND PUBLISHING SHAKESPEARE; 1 .1 MAJOR EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EDITIONS; ROWE; POPE; THEOBALD; HANMER; WARBURTON; SCOTTISH EDITIONS; JOHNSON; JOHNSON, STEEVENS AND REED; CAPELL; MALONE; OTHER.
  • 1.2 shakespeare editors and critics: thumbnail biographies1.3 modern critical studies: editing and annotation; 2 eighteenth-century critical commentary; 2.1 a chronological checklist of eighteenth-century critical works; restoration critical statements; 1701-1729; 1730-1749; 1750-1759; 1760-1769; 1770-1779; 1780-1789; 1790-1799; 2.2 modern reprints of and guides to eighteenth-century shakespeare criticism; 2.3 modern scholarly studies of eighteenth-centuryshakespeare criticism; 2.4 periodical essays and performance reviews; major book review periodicals.