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About This Book
Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally. In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of William Empson, G. Wilson Knight, C.L. Barber and Jan Kott to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Each substantial contribution assesses the double impact of Shakespeare on the figure covered and of the figure on the understanding, interpretation and appreciation of Shakespeare, provides a sketch of their subject's intellectual and professional biography and an account of the wider cultural context, including comparison with other figures or works within the same field.
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Table of contents
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction: The Dynamics of Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century
- Chapter 1 William Empson
- Chapter 2 G. Wilson Knight
- Chapter 3 C. L. Barber
- Chapter 4 Jan Kott
- Kott in the East
- Kott in the West
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index