This collection of essays charts the rise to prominence of the Ten Commandments in religious and artistic developments in the culture of late-medieval Western Europe (13th-15th centuries).
In this new book, Jürgen Pieters attempts to fill a remarkable lacuna in the critical reception of Greenblatt's work. The book's aim is to provide a thorough analysis of the theoretical background of Greenblatt's method.
The result of these explorations, this book argues, has shaped the history of Western literature decisively. Jürgen Pieters teaches Literary Theory at Ghent University, Belgium.
In Shakespeare. Auteur voor alle seizoenen blikken Jo De Vos, Jürgen Pieters en Laurens De Vos terug op de wereld van Shakespeare, zijn grootste meesterwerken en de opmerkelijkste Nederlandse en Vlaamse opvoeringen van de voorbije 50 jaar.