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100 1 $aSawyer, Robert,$d1953-
245 10 $aVictorian appropriations of Shakespeare :$bGeorge Eliot, A.C. Swinburne, Robert Browning, and Charles Dickens /$cRobert Sawyer.
260 $aMadison [N.J.] :$bFairleigh Dickinson University Press ;$aLondon ;$aCranbury, NJ :$bAssociated University Presses,$cc2003.
300 $a172 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-166) and index.
505 00 $tGeorge Eliot and the Art of Dramatic Realism --$tCharacterizing Shakespeare: A Study of Algernon Charles Swinburne --$tThe Shakespeareanization of Robert Browning: The Objective and Subjective Poet --$t"An Eminently Practical Father": Dickens, Hard Times, and the Family.
520 1 $a"Although many would contend that Shakespeare is generally employed as a conservative symbol, this book suggests instead that Shakespeare can be appropriated by both dominant and marginal groups. Sawyer provocatively argues that a single cultural context may produce diametrically opposed readings of the playwright, so at the same time that Shakespeare's cultural status may be used to subvert traditional ideas of politics and letters in George Eliot and A.C. Swinburne, it may also be used to promote more conservative policies and literary interpretations in other writers such as Robert Browning and Charles Dickens." "By focusing on four important authors in the mid-Victorian period working in three different genres, this book illustrates how Shakespeare's authority continued to affect many authors during a time in history where a society is redefining itself in terms of gender, culture, subjectivity, and the family. More importantly, this work demonstrates how these nineteenth-century authors anticipate and influence contemporary interpretations of Shakespeare."--Jacket.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xAdaptations$xHistory and criticism.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xCriticism and interpretation$xHistory$y19th century.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xAppreciation$zEngland.
650 0 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xInfluence.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aSawyer, Robert, 1953-$tVictorian appropriations of Shakespeare.$dMadison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ©2003$w(OCoLC)607002898
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