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Title: IS SHAKESPEARE ANY GOOD?
AND OTHER QUESTIONS ON HOW TO EVALUATE LITERATURE
By: Richard Bradford
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 1118220013
ISBN 13: 9781118220016
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Publisher: JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD
Pub. date: 23 October, 2015
Pages: 344
Description: Is Shakespeare any Good? reveals why certain literary works and authors are treated as superior to others, and questions the literary establishment s criteria for creating an imperium of great writers.
Synopsis: Is Shakespeare any Good? reveals why certain literary works and authors are treated as superior to others, and questions the literary establishment s criteria for creating an imperium of great writers. * Enables readers to articulate and formulate their own arguments about the quality of literature including works that convention forbids us to dislike * Dismantles the claims of academic criticism particularly Theory to tell us anything useful about why we like or appreciate literature * Challenges and shatters many longstanding beliefs about literature and its evaluation * Poses serious questions about the value of literature, and studying literature, and presents these in a lively and entertainingly provocative manner
Publication: UK
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
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