The Making of the National Poet: Shakespeare, Adaptation and Authorship, 1660-1769

by Michael Dobson

The century between the Restoration and David Garrick's Stratford Jubilee saw William Shakespeare's promotion from the status of archaic, rustic playwright to that of England's timeless Bard, and with it the complete transformation of the ways in which his plays were staged, published, and read. But why Shakespeare? and what different interests did this process serve? The Making of the National Poet is the first full-length study since the 1920s of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198183232
• ISBN13: 9780198183235
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"