Is Shakespeare any Good?

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<p><i>Is Shakespeare any Good?</i> reveals why certain literary works and authors are treated as superior to others, and questions the literary establishments criteria for creating an imperium of great writers.</p><ul><li>Enables readers to articulate and formulate their own arguments about the quality of literature including works that convention forbids us to dislike</li><li>Dismantles the claims of academic criticism particularly Theory to tell us anything useful about why we like or appreciate literature</li><li>Challenges and shatters many longstanding beliefs about literature and its evaluation</li><li>Poses serious questions about the value of literature, and studying literature, and presents these in a lively and entertainingly provocative manner</li></ul>

Autorenportrait

<b>Richard Bradford</b> is Research Professor of English at the University of Ulster. He is the author of two dozen books, including specialised academic monographs and six literary biographies including<i>Literary Rivals,</i>(2014),<i>The Novel Now</i> (2007) and<i>First Boredom, Then Fear: The Life of Philip Larkin</i> (2006)

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