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As evidenced by the vampires, werewolves, and other frights overrunning the best-seller lists, the Gothic remains immensely popular. This collection of essays traces the roots of the Gothic to an unexpected source: eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. Through close attention to literary, cultural, and historical detail, the contributors demonstrate that even as Shakespeare was being established as the supreme British writer, he was also being cited as justification for early Gothic writers? abandonment of literary decorum and their interest in the supernatural.



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"This book offers many fresh ways of reading both Shakespeare's plays and the more entrenched Gothic novels". Sarah Pike, University of Stirling website

Table of Contents
1) Gothic Appropriations of "Shakespeare"; 2) Rewriting Shakespearean Plays and Characters; 3) Shakespeare Before/After the Gothic.

Shakespearean Gothic

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    A Paperback / softback by Christy Desmet, Anne Williams

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      Publisher: University of Wales Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/2009
      ISBN13: 9780708320921, 978-0708320921
      ISBN10: 708320929

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      As evidenced by the vampires, werewolves, and other frights overrunning the best-seller lists, the Gothic remains immensely popular. This collection of essays traces the roots of the Gothic to an unexpected source: eighteenth-century interpretations of Shakespeare. Through close attention to literary, cultural, and historical detail, the contributors demonstrate that even as Shakespeare was being established as the supreme British writer, he was also being cited as justification for early Gothic writers? abandonment of literary decorum and their interest in the supernatural.



      Trade Review
      "This book offers many fresh ways of reading both Shakespeare's plays and the more entrenched Gothic novels". Sarah Pike, University of Stirling website

      Table of Contents
      1) Gothic Appropriations of "Shakespeare"; 2) Rewriting Shakespearean Plays and Characters; 3) Shakespeare Before/After the Gothic.

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