Is Shakespeare Any Good? And Other Questions on How to Evaluate Literature |
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| Author:
| Bradford, Richard |
| ISBN: | 978-1-118-22000-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2015 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Digital download |
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Book Description:
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Is Shakespeare any Good? reveals why certain literary works and authors are treated as superior to others, and questions the literary establishment's criteria for creating an imperium of "great" writers.
- Enables readers to articulate and formulate their own arguments about the quality of literature - including works that convention forbids us to dislike
- Dismantles the claims of academic criticism - particularly Theory - to tell us anything useful...
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Is Shakespeare any Good? reveals why certain literary works and authors are treated as superior to others, and questions the literary establishment's criteria for creating an imperium of "great" writers.
- Enables readers to articulate and formulate their own arguments about the quality of literature - including works that convention forbids us to dislike
- Dismantles the claims of academic criticism - particularly Theory - to tell us anything useful about why we like or appreciate literature
- Challenges and shatters many longstanding beliefs about literature and its evaluation
- Poses serious questions about the value of literature, and studying literature, and presents these in a lively and entertainingly provocative manner