For many theatergoers and readers, Shakespeare's lofty reputation as the world's greatest playwright has turned him into an intimidating, even a forbidding figure. In Shakespeare High and Low, Jeffrey Knapp helps us understand and enjoy Shakespeare by restoring Shakespeare's own sense of them as neither high culture nor low culture but a potent amalgam of both. Only in recognizing Shakespeare's determination to connect with every social class in his theater can we begin to grasp how his plays have managed to thrill audiences for so many centuries and across so many cultures.
| ISBN: | 9781399543699 |
| Publication date: | 31st January 2025 |
| Author: | Jeffrey Knapp |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 392 pages |
| Series: | Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: plays and playwrights Classic and pre-20th century plays |