<b>‘Shakespeare’, our cultural Alien</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v30i2.3586

  • Alexander Martins Vianna PPGHIS-UFRJ
Keywords: Shakespeare, romantic criticism, ancient regime

Abstract

This essay intends to show why, at the end of 18th century, Shakespearean plays were so useful to the German romantic literary criticism, which was opposed to French classicism as a hegemonic regime of taste and rule of art. This cultural dispute must also be understood as a literary expression of social criticism against the German nobility’s values and its regime of social distinction. From this cultural dispute arose a new conception of Shakespeare’s works that is the object of my critical review.

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Author Biography

Alexander Martins Vianna, PPGHIS-UFRJ
Mestre e Doutor em História Social pelo PPGHIS-UFRJ
Published
2008-12-18
How to Cite
Vianna, A. M. (2008). <b>‘Shakespeare’, our cultural Alien</b&gt; - DOI: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v30i2.3586. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 30(2), 211-220. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v30i2.3586
Section
History and Philosophy