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 ...
Tabla de materias
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 A Brief Essay on Taste 5
2 The Dreadful Legacy of Modernism 44
3 Is Shakespeare Any Good? 90
4 Mad Theories 131
5 Definin...
Sobre el autor
Richard Bradford is Research Professor of English at the University of Ulster. He is the author of two dozen books, including specialised academic monographs and six ...
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