Shakespeare and modernism / Cary DiPietro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DiPietro, Cary, 1971-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation--History--20th century.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

History.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--1800-1950.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--England.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Appreciation--England.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.

Modernism (Literature)--England.

Modernism (Literature).

England.

Physical Description:

viii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Artists and writers in early twentieth-century England engaged in a variety of ways with the cultural traditions of Shakespeare as a means of defining and relating what they understood to be their own unique historical experience. In Shakespeare and Modernism, Cary DiPietro expands upon the established studies of this field by uncovering the connections and contexts which unite a broad range of cultural practices, from theatrical and book production, including that of Edward Gordon Craig and Harley Granville-Barker, to literary constructions of Shakespeare by high modernists such as T. S. Eliot, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. Important contexts for the discussion include Marxist aesthetic theory contemporary with the period, the Nietzschean and Freudian contexts of English modernism, and early twentieth-century feminism. An original and accessible study, this book will appeal to students and scholars of both Shakespeare and modernism alike.

Contents:

Introduction

The Shakespeare revolution

Sex, lies and historical fictions

The theatre and a changing civilization

Shakespeare's text in performance, circa 1923

How many children had Virginia Woolf?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-230) and index.

ISBN:

0521845394

OCLC:

61253868

Publisher Number:

9780521845397 (hbk.)