Media revolutions awaken longings for the authentic. Literature and art react by turning to the facts, the action and the moment and by pretending to be life. The historical avant-garde movements,...
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The history of aesthetics portrays the relationship between high' and low', i.e. between high and popular culture, as being strongly antagonistic. On the other hand crossovers to illegitimate forms...
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This study-referred to as a 'preface'-is given this designation because its basic aim is not to offer an up-to-date overall assessment of Dryden's translation of Virgil's Aeneid, but rather to...
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Brian Vickers examines the issue of what Shakespeare actually wrote, and how this is determined. Shakespeare's authorship has been claimed for two poems, 'Shall I die?' and A Funerall Elegye. Vickers...
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Scholars and students working on the early courtly and chivalric literature of medieval Europe will have often felt the need for contemporary theoretical material with which to illustrate their...
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One of Shakespeare’s final plays, The Tempest is often considered a jewel in the canon of English literature. Mythic, impassioned characters dictate the action, all of which takes place on a...
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Simon Barker guides the reader through the full range of previous interpretations of the play. This text in particular has provided a major focus for scholarship as well as being the subject of a...
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This study views the pervasive ambiguity of Chretien's romances as a positive quality and focuses on the techniques used in Yvain to encourage reflection. An adversative structure informs this...
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A timely book that identifies the practice of '(syn)aesthetics' in artistic style and audience response, which helps to articulate the power of experiential practice in the arts. This...
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