Author : Gary Taylor
Release : 1985
Genre : Drama
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 694/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis To Analyze Delight by : Gary Taylor
Download or read book To Analyze Delight written by Gary Taylor. This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to analyze why certain moments in Shakespear's play give more pleasure than others. Too often, according to the author, literary criticism filters out pleasure in the pursuit of meaning, reducing poems to their lowest common denominator. He would rather analyze delight by replacing the modern emphasis upon interpretation with a kind of critical hedonism--the study of drama as a superior amusement.