Beschreibung:
This study concerns itself with a now-forgotten religious group, Spiritualists, and how their ensuing discussions of Shakespeare's meaning, his writing practices, his possible collaborations, and the supposed purity and/or corruption of his texts anticipated, accompanied, or silhouetted similar debates in Shakespeare Studies.
This study concerns itself with a now-forgotten religious group, Spiritualists, and how their ensuing discussions of Shakespeare's meaning, his writing practices, his possible collaborations, and the supposed purity and/or corruption of his texts anticipated, accompanied, or silhouetted similar debates in Shakespeare Studies.
1. Shakespeare, Poet of the Impossible 2. Crypts and Crypto-Graphology 3. The Afterlives of the Authors 4. Furness and His Poetic 'Spirit' 5. Knight Visions 6. Beyond the Academic Fields We Know. . . 7. Appendix A: Glossary of Spiritualist Terms and Techniques 8. Appendix B: A Note on the Spelling of 'Spirit'