The Romantic Cult of Shakespeare: Literary Reception in Anthropological Perspective

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.

Author: P. Davidhazi
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 08/19/1998
Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780333698273
1998 Edition