Shakespeare Studies Today [electronic resource] : Romanticism Lost /
Pechter, E.author.
The Romantics invented Shakespeare studies, and in losing contact with our origins, we have not been able to develop an adequate alternative foundation on which to build our work.  This book asserts that among Shakespeareans at present, the level of conviction required to sustain a healthy critical practice is problematically if not dangerously low, and the qualities which the Romantics valued in an engagement with Shakespeare are either ignored these days or fundamentally misunderstood.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Discipline and desire -- pt. 2. What's wrong with literature -- pt. 3. Romanticism lost.
The Romantics invented Shakespeare studies, and in losing contact with our origins, we have not been able to develop an adequate alternative foundation on which to build our work.  This book asserts that among Shakespeareans at present, the level of conviction required to sustain a healthy critical practice is problematically if not dangerously low, and the qualities which the Romantics valued in an engagement with Shakespeare are either ignored these days or fundamentally misunderstood.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Poetry.
Literature, Modern.
Literature—History and criticism.
Literature—Philosophy.
British literature.
Theater.
Poetry and Poetics.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Literary History.
Literary Theory.
British and Irish Literature.
Theatre and Performance Studies.