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Shakespeare for the People: Working Class Readers, 1800–1900
Murphy, Andrew (University of St Andrews, Scotland)
Shakespeare for the People: Working Class Readers, 1800–1900
Murphy, Andrew (University of St Andrews, Scotland)
Examining the lives and experiences of a wide range of working-class readers in the nineteenth century, Andrew Murphy explores the ways in which even the poorest members of society were able to become readers of Shakespeare. He asks whether it matters that Shakespeare has lost his popular audience today.
256 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 30, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9780521176552 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 256 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 15 mm · 380 g |