The Quest for Shakespeare
The Peculiar History and Surprising Legacy of the New Shakspere Society
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book traces the formation and impact of the New Shakspere Society, created in 1873, which dedicated itself to solving the mysteries of Shakespeare's authorship by way of science. This promise, however, was undermined not only by the antics of its...
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This book traces the formation and impact of the New Shakspere Society, created in 1873, which dedicated itself to solving the mysteries of Shakespeare's authorship by way of science. This promise, however, was undermined not only by the antics of its director, Frederick J. Furnivall, but also by the inexactitudes of the tests. Jeffrey Kahan puzzles out how a society geared towards science quickly devolved into a series of grudge matches. Nonetheless, the New Shakspere Society set the bibliographical and biographical agenda for the next century-an unusual legacy for an organization that was rife with intrigue, enmity, and incompetence; lives were ruined, lawyers consulted, and scholarship (mostly bad) produced and published.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Quest for Shakespeare “
introduction: a new society.- chapter one: squabbles.- chapter two: skirmishes.- chapter three: war.- chapter four: remembrance.- chapter five: inheritance.- bibliography.- index.
Autoren-Porträt von Jeffrey Kahan
Jeffrey Kahan is the author of several books, including Reforging Shakespeare, The Cult of Kean, Caped Crusaders 101, Bettymania and the Birth of Celebrity Culture, and Shakespritualism: Shakespeare and the Occult, 1850-1950. "Learn more at http://www.jeffreykahan.com/"
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jeffrey Kahan
- 2016, 1st ed. 2017, XXVII, 164 Seiten, Maße: 15,3 x 21,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3319487809
- ISBN-13: 9783319487809
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.12.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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