Shakespiritualism

Shakespeare and the Occult, 1850-1950
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-28220-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 4434 g

This study concerns itself with a now-forgotten religious group, Spiritualists, and how their ensuing discussions of Shakespeare's meaning, his writing practices, his possible collaborations, and the supposed purity and/or corruption of his texts anticipated, accompanied, or silhouetted similar debates in Shakespeare Studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kahan, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Shakespeare, Poet of the Impossible 2. Crypts and Crypto-Graphology 3. The Afterlives of the Authors 4. Furness and His Poetic 'Spirit' 5. Knight Visions 6. Beyond the Academic Fields We Know. 7. Appendix A: Glossary of Spiritualist Terms and Techniques 8. Appendix B: A Note on the Spelling of 'Spirit'

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey Kahan is a professor in the department of English at the University of La Verne.