Throughout the eighteenth century the term genius with reference to Shakespeare was central to the first major critical and aesthetic reflections and became profoundly connected to the formation and diversification of the various national European cultures and identities. The essay traces the reception of Shakespeare's genius in Europe comparing not only different cultural contexts, specially the English and German one, but considering also the existence of an elitist meaning of the word genius, used only in a small circle of intellectuals, and a popular one comprehensible to a heterogeneous class of readers.
Golinelli G. (2005). The Genius of Shakespeare and Eighteenth Century Europe. REVISTA DE FILOLOGIA, 23 (avril 2005), 139-154.
The Genius of Shakespeare and Eighteenth Century Europe
GOLINELLI, GILBERTA
2005
Abstract
Throughout the eighteenth century the term genius with reference to Shakespeare was central to the first major critical and aesthetic reflections and became profoundly connected to the formation and diversification of the various national European cultures and identities. The essay traces the reception of Shakespeare's genius in Europe comparing not only different cultural contexts, specially the English and German one, but considering also the existence of an elitist meaning of the word genius, used only in a small circle of intellectuals, and a popular one comprehensible to a heterogeneous class of readers.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
