Victorian Appropriations of Shakespeare: George Eliot, A. C. Swinburne, Robert Browning, and Charles Dickens

Examining the works of four important authors of the mid-Victorian period in three separate genres this book studies how Shakespeare's works influenced authors at a time when society was redefining itself in terms of gender, culture, subjectivity, and family. Writing for those with an academic interest in literature, Sawyer (English, East Tennessee State U.) illustrates how these 19th-century authors—George Eliot, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Robert Browning, and Charles Dickens—anticipate and influence contemporary interpretations of Shakespeare. The book is distributed by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR