Based on extensive archival research, Shakespeare in the Victorian Periodicals offers an entirely new perspective on popular Shakespeare reception by focusing on articles published in Victorian periodicals. Shakespeare had already reached the apex of British culture in the previous century, becoming the national poet of the middle and upper classes, but during the Victorian era he was embraced by more marginal groups. If Shakespeare was sometimes employed as an instrument of enculturation, imposed on these groups, he was also used by them to resist this cultural hegemony.
| ISBN: | 9780415808576 |
| Publication date: | 16th December 2011 |
| Author: | Kathryn Prince |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 180 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Major Literary Authors |
| Genres: |
Classic and pre-20th century plays Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: general |