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_bSMI/P
100 _aSmith, Bruce R.
245 1 0 _aPhenomenal Shakespeare
260 _aUK
_bWiley-Blackwell
_c2010
300 _a206p.
490 _aBlackwell Manifestos
520 _aIn Phenomenal Shakespeare, leading Shakespeare scholar Bruce R. Smith presents an original account for the ways in which Shakespeare’s poems and plays continue to resonate with audiences, readers and scholars because of their engagement with the whole body, not just the reading mind. -An original examination of Shakespeare’s appeal written by leading Shakespeare scholar Bruce R. Smith -Contains insightful examinations of a single Shakespeare sonnet, Venus and Adonis, and King Lear to model the possibilities of historical phenomenology as a better strategy for critical reading than approaches based on language alone -Pushes beyond traditional treatments of Shakespeare -An ideal handbook of contemporary approaches to Shakespeare and a celebration of Shakespeare's staying power on stage, on film, and on the page
650 0 _aShakespeare, William-Criticism and interpretation
650 0 _aEnglish literature
942 _cBK
999 _c27426
_d27426