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This book explores from a new perspective the adaptations of Shakespeare in the Restoration, and how they contributed to the rise of the cult of the National Poet in an age where his reputation was not yet consolidated. Adaptations are fully independent cultural items, whose paratexts play a crucial role in the development of Bardolatry; their study initially follows seminal works of Bakhtin and Genette, but the main theoretical background is anthropology, with the groundbreaking theories of Mary Douglas.
The many voices that feature the paratexts of the adaptations and the other texts, such as those of John Dryden, Thomas Betterton, William Davenant, Nahum Tate, John Dennis, and many others, create a composite choir where the emerging sacrality of the cult of the Bard was just one of the tunes, in an age when Shakespeare has not yet become Shakespeare.

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Contents: Bardolatry – Paratext – Adaption – Linguistics and Anthropolgy: Mikhail Bakhtin and Mary Douglas – Paratext I: The Peritext – Paratext II: The Epitext.

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    Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
    Publication Date: 07/01/2016
    ISBN13: 9783034320306, 978-3034320306
    ISBN10: 3034320302
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    Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This book explores from a new perspective the adaptations of Shakespeare in the Restoration, and how they contributed to the rise of the cult of the National Poet in an age where his reputation was not yet consolidated. Adaptations are fully independent cultural items, whose paratexts play a crucial role in the development of Bardolatry; their study initially follows seminal works of Bakhtin and Genette, but the main theoretical background is anthropology, with the groundbreaking theories of Mary Douglas.
    The many voices that feature the paratexts of the adaptations and the other texts, such as those of John Dryden, Thomas Betterton, William Davenant, Nahum Tate, John Dennis, and many others, create a composite choir where the emerging sacrality of the cult of the Bard was just one of the tunes, in an age when Shakespeare has not yet become Shakespeare.

    Table of Contents
    Contents: Bardolatry – Paratext – Adaption – Linguistics and Anthropolgy: Mikhail Bakhtin and Mary Douglas – Paratext I: The Peritext – Paratext II: The Epitext.

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