That Shakespeherian rag : essays on a critical process / Terence Hawkes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawkes, Terence, author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Shakespeare ; 11.

Routledge library editions. Shakespeare. Critical studies ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

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

World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain--Literature and the war.

World War, 1914-1918.

Literature and society.

Criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays focuses on the ways in which our society 'processes' Shakespeare, and the purposes for which this seems to be done.

First published in 1986. This collection of essays focuses on the ways in which our society 'processes' Shakespeare and the purposes for which this seems to be done. The case is made by examining the work of four highly influential critics: A C Bradley, Walter Raleigh, T S Eliot and John Dover Wilson. Terence Hawkes asks whether, beyond the readings to which the plays may be subjected, there lies any final, authoritative or essential meaning to which we can ultimately turn, concluding that jazz music offers the most fruitful model for twentieth-century criticism. First published in 1986. This collection of essays focuses on the ways in which our society 'processes' Shakespeare and the purposes for which this seems to be done. The case is made by examining the work of four highly influential critics: A C Bradley, Walter Raleigh, T S Eliot and John Dover Wilson. Terence Hawkes asks whether, beyond the readings to which the plays may be subjected, there lies any final, authoritative or essential meaning to which we can ultimately turn, concluding that jazz music offers the most fruitful model for twentieth-century criticism.

Contents:

1. Playhouse - Workhouse 2. A Sea Shell 3. Swisser Swatter: Making a Man of English Letters 4. That Shakespeherian Rag 5. Telmah 6. Conclusion: 1917 and All That

Notes:

First published in 1986.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 1, 2013).

ISBN:

0-415-48900-8

1-136-56244-3

0-415-48943-1

1-315-01843-8

1-136-56237-0

9781315018430

OCLC:

870590383