SHAKESPEARE FOR THE PEOPLE by Andrew Murphy ( 9780521176552 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

SHAKESPEARE FOR THE PEOPLE
WORKING CLASS READERS, 1800-1900

By:

Andrew Murphy

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0521176557

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9780521176552

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

5 August, 2010

Pages:

256

Description:

Explores the manner in which Shakespeare acquired a working-class readership during the nineteenth century.

Synopsis:

Beginning by mapping out an overview of the expansion of elementary education in Britain across the nineteenth century, Andrew Murphy explores the manner in which Shakespeare acquired a working-class readership. He traces developments in publishing which meant that editions of Shakespeare became ever cheaper as the century progressed. Drawing on more than a hundred published and manuscript autobiographical texts, the book examines the experiences of a wide range of working-class readers. Particular attention is focused on a set of radical readers for whom Shakespeare's work had a special political resonance. Murphy explores the reasons why the playwright's working-class readership began to fall away from the turn of the century, noting the competition he faced from professional sports, the cinema, radio and television. The book concludes by asking whether it matters that, in our own time, Shakespeare no longer commands a general popular audience.

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Cambridge University Press

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