Shakespeare's Influence | Contemporary Issues in Shakespearean Interpretation
Each age re-creates Shakespeare in its own image, thereby renewing his works with a tremendous vitality. It should therefore not be surprising to learn that there are whole books devoted solely to listing books and articles on a single play and that there is scarcely a play of Shakespeare that does not have a book devoted to it. Since criticism goes out of date so quickly, such a ferment of ideas and opinions about Shakespeare is all to the good. Each national culture and ethnic group has its own special ideas and vested interests in Shakespeare, as the annual international bibliography in...
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