Shakespeare Only

by Jeffrey Knapp

Book Overview

Three decades of controversy in Shakespeare studies can be summed up in a single question: Was Shakespeare one of a kind? On one side of the debate are the Shakespeare lovers, the bardolatrists, who insist on Shakespeare's timeless preeminence as an author. On the other side are the theater historians who view modern claims of Shakespeare's uniqueness as a distortion of his real professional life. In Shakespeare Only , Knapp draws on an extraordinary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226445712
• ISBN13: 9780226445717
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"