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The Romantic Cult of Shakespeare: Literary Reception in Anthropological Perspective

The Romantic Cult of Shakespeare: Literary Reception in Anthropological Perspective

Davidhazi, P.

Hardcover

Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories

Literary CriticismAnthropologyPoetry Criticism

ISBN10: 0312212879
ISBN13: 9780312212872
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: Nov 11 1998
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Focusing on England, Hungary and on some other European countries, the book explores the latent religious patterns in the appropriation of Shakespeare from the 1769 Stratford Jubilee to the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth in 1864. It shows how the Shakespeare cult used quasi-religious (verbal and ritual) means of reverence, how it made use of some romantic notions, and how the ensuing quasi-transcendental authority was utilized for political purposes. The book suggests a theoretical framework and a comprehensive anthropological context for the interpretation of literature.

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