ENGL 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: George Bernard Shaw, Jonathan Bate, Bardolatry
Shakespeare
• Bardolatry
o Refers to the excessive adulation attributed to William Shakespeare over the centuries. Term coined by
George Bernard Shaw
• The Scene of Writing
o In the genius of Shakespeare Jonathan Bate reminds us that the Romantic idea of authorship locates the
essence of genius in the scene of writing. Image becomes that of the writer alone, transcribing his muse
-driven thoughts onto a blank piece of paper
▪ Nature of anachronism – thing belonging to a period other than which it exists
• Shakespeare in Love
o Signature
▪ Famous, # of times written on page = # of actual signatures
o Romeo & Juliet
▪ Reference to early beginning, Juliet still called Ethel
o Listens to lines from other & incorporates it into play
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