Shakespeare and the Eighteenth Century

by PeterSabor (Editor), PaulYachnin (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2008

  $173.18

  In 1700, Shakespeare was viewed as one of the leading Renaissance playwrights, but not as supreme. By 1800, he was not only performed and read but also celebrated as a universal genius and a national literary hero. This volume examines how Shakespeare penetrated, and came to dominate, the culture and intellectual life of people in the world.