Is Shakespeare any Good?
And Other Questions on How to Evaluate Literature
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2015
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-118-22001-6 (ISBN)
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
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Is Shakespeare any Good? reveals why certain literary works and authors are treated as superior to others, and questions the literary establishment s criteria for creating an imperium of great writers.
Is Shakespeare any Good? reveals why certain literary works and authors are treated as superior to others, and questions the literary establishment’s criteria for creating an imperium of “great” writers.
Enables readers to articulate and formulate their own arguments about the quality of literature – including works that convention forbids us to dislike
Dismantles the claims of academic criticism – particularly Theory – to tell us anything useful about why we like or appreciate literature
Challenges and shatters many longstanding beliefs about literature and its evaluation
Poses serious questions about the value of literature, and studying literature, and presents these in a lively and entertainingly provocative manner
Is Shakespeare any Good? reveals why certain literary works and authors are treated as superior to others, and questions the literary establishment’s criteria for creating an imperium of “great” writers.
Enables readers to articulate and formulate their own arguments about the quality of literature – including works that convention forbids us to dislike
Dismantles the claims of academic criticism – particularly Theory – to tell us anything useful about why we like or appreciate literature
Challenges and shatters many longstanding beliefs about literature and its evaluation
Poses serious questions about the value of literature, and studying literature, and presents these in a lively and entertainingly provocative manner
Richard Bradford is Research Professor of English at the University of Ulster. He is the author of two dozen books, including specialized academic monographs and six literary biographies. Recent work includes Literary Rivals, (2014), The Novel Now (2007) and First Boredom, Then Fear: The Life of Philip Larkin (2006).
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 A Brief Essay on Taste 5
2 The Dreadful Legacy of Modernism 44
3 Is Shakespeare Any Good? 90
4 Mad Theories 131
5 Defining Literature: The Bête Noir of Academia 166
6 Evaluation 193
7 Popular Literature 243
8 Is Literature Any Good For Us? 272
References 321
Index 326
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.11.2015 |
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Verlagsort | Hoboken |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 158 x 236 mm |
Gewicht | 567 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-118-22001-3 / 1118220013 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-22001-6 / 9781118220016 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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