Shakespiritualism: Shakespeare and the Occult, 1850-1950

by Jeffrey Kahan

Book Overview

This study concerns itself with a now-forgotten religious group, Spiritualists, and how their ensuing discussions of Shakespeare's meaning, his writing practices, his possible collaborations, and the supposed purity and/or corruption of his texts anticipated, accompanied, or silhouetted similar debates in Shakespeare Studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349448532
• ISBN13: 9781349448531
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"