Big-Time Shakespeare

by Michael D. Bristol

Book Overview

Shakespeare has made the big time. No less than the Beatles or Liberace, Elvis Presley or Mick Jagger, Shakespeare is big-time in the idiomatic sense of cultural success and widespread notoriety. Not only has he achieved canonical status, Shakespeare is a contemporary celebrity. His artistic distinction and aptitude for controversy constantly keeps his name in the public eye.
Bristol debates Shakespeare's cultural authority, and clarifies the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415060176
• ISBN13: 9780415060172
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"