The Victorian Cult of Shakespeare
- ISBN-10
- 1108496156
- ISBN-13
- 9781108496155
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-11-05
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Charles LaPorte
Description
How and why did Victorian culture make Shakespeare into a literary deity and his work into a secular Bible?
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