TY - BOOK AU - Taylor, Gary TI - Reinventing Shakespeare : a cultural history, from the Restoration to the present SN - 9781555840785 U1 - 822.33 PY - 1989/// CY - New York PB - Weidenfeld & Nicolson, KW - Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 KW - Art appreciation KW - Great Britain KW - Civilization N1 - Including Index; 1. Restoration 2. 1709. 3. 1790. 4. Victorian Values. 5. Good-Bye to All That. 6. Present Tense. 7. Singularity N2 - In 1985 Gary Taylor caused worldwide controversy with his discovery of the poem "Shall I Die?", which he attributed to Shakespeare. Here he re-assesses the greatness of England's literary and cultural icon, examining the ways in which each era re-invents Shakespeare to suit its own ends. In doing so, Taylor offers an irreverent account of the "Bard industry" through the ages and issues challenges to the principles of literary judgement ER -