Cover of Shakespeare

Book 2008

Shakespeare

1 readers

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Language
English
Published
2008
  • Shakespeare studies & criticism
  • Literary Criticism
  • English
  • Shakespeare
  • British Literature
  • Comparative Literature

A key document in the German reception of Shakespeare, Herder's essay is a repudiation of the normative poetics of the Enlightenment and the hegemony of French neoclassicism, as well as a passionate defence of European diversity in an age of increasing homogeneity.