Shakespeare for the People: Working Class Readers, 1800-1900

by Andrew Murphy

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521176557

ISBN13:9780521176552

Release Date:September 2010

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.84 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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