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Author : Birmingham Shakespeare Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000062686518
Author : Sir Edward Sullivan (bart.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Rare books
ISBN : NYPL:33433057514295
Author : Katherine West Scheil
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780801464225
In the late nineteenth century hundreds of clubs formed across the United States devoted to the reading of Shakespeare. From Pasadena, California, to the seaside town of Camden, Maine; from the isolated farm town of Ottumwa, Iowa, to Mobile, Alabama, on the Gulf coast, Americans were reading Shakespeare in astonishing numbers and in surprising places. Composed mainly of women, these clubs offered the opportunity for members not only to read and study Shakespeare but also to participate in public and civic activities outside the home. In She Hath Been Reading, Katherine West Scheil uncovers this hidden layer of intellectual activity that flourished in American society well into the twentieth century. Shakespeare clubs were crucial for women's intellectual development because they provided a consistent intellectual stimulus (more so than was the case with most general women's clubs) and because women discovered a world of possibilities, both public and private, inspired by their reading of Shakespeare. Indeed, gathering to read and discuss Shakespeare often led women to actively improve their lot in life and make their society a better place. Many clubs took action on larger social issues such as women's suffrage, philanthropy, and civil rights. At the same time, these efforts served to embed Shakespeare into American culture as a marker for learning, self-improvement, civilization, and entertainment for a broad array of populations, varying in age, race, location, and social standing. Based on extensive research in the archives of the Folger Shakespeare Library and in dozens of local archives and private collections across America, She Hath Been Reading shows the important role that literature can play in the lives of ordinary people. As testament to this fact, the book includes an appendix listing more than five hundred Shakespeare clubs across America.
Author : Birmingham Free Libraries. Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UCAL:B2954430
Author : Birmingham (England). Free Libraries Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UIUC:30112075134210
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001101391758
Author : Basil Montagu Pickering
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000621202
Author : Pickering and Chatto, ltd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590787037
Author : Basil Montagu PICKERING
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0027073121
Author : John Herbert Slater,William Roberta,F. Partridge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms
ISBN : UOM:39015036949074
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : English philology
ISBN : IND:30000126733595
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11642515
Author : esq. John Dillon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590303219
Author : Milwaukee Public Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Classified catalogs
ISBN : UIUC:30112056599258
Author : Birmingham Public Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015035381436