Shakespeare's Mannerist Canon
Download or Read eBook Shakespeare's Mannerist Canon PDF written by Jeffrey Rayner Myers and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Jeffrey Rayner Myers |
| Publisher | : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105034362462 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Shakespeare's Mannerist Canon by : Jeffrey Rayner Myers
Book excerpt: Myers uses a new and theoretically provocative comparative approach to bring into view and then to question the pervasive but often unsuspected influence of the «classical» conception of Shakespeare's canon dominant since Dowden first suggested it in the middle of the nineteenth century. As an alternative, he argues for a «mannerist» conception of the canon that is more persuasive than the outmoded conception in the light of artistic possibilities in the Renaissance and more useful to the continuing reinterpretation of Shakespeare's plays.
