The Abbot

The Abbot
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher:
Total Pages: 382
Release: 1820
Genre:
ISBN:

Scott, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy

Scott, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy
Author: Adrian Poole
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-06-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1441119566

Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally. In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Thomas Hardy to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Each substantial contribution assesses the double impact of Shakespeare on the figure covered and of the figure on the understanding, interpretation and appreciation of Shakespeare, provide a sketch of their subject's intellectual and professional biography and an account of the wider cultural context, including comparison with other figures or works within the same field.