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Shakespeare for the People by Andrew Murphy, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Andrew Murphy

Current price: $137.95
Shakespeare for the People by Andrew Murphy, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Shakespeare for the People by Andrew Murphy, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Indigo

Shakespeare for the People by Andrew Murphy, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From 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 of a wide range of working-class readers. Particular attention is focused on a set of radical readers for whom Shakespeare's work had a special political resonance. Murphy explores the reasons why the playwright's working-class readership began to fall away from the turn of the century, noting the competition he faced from professional sports, the cinema, radio and television. The book concludes by asking whether it matters that, in our own time, Shakespeare no longer commands a general popular audience. | Shakespeare for the People by Andrew Murphy, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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