This is a comprehensive critical analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. This volume focuses on Shakespeare's reception by the modern intellectuals. "Great Shakespeareans" offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally. In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Each substantial contribution assesses the double impact of Shakespeare on the figure covered and of the figure on the understanding, interpretation and appreciation of Shakespeare, provides a sketch of their subject's intellectual and professional biography and an account of the wider cultural context, including comparison with other figures or works within the same field.
- ISBN10 1280577622
- ISBN13 9781280577628
- Publish Date 1 January 2013 (first published 22 March 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 May 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Continuum
- Format eBook
- Language English