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Shakespearian, a. (and n.)|ʃeɪkˈspɪərɪən|
Also Shakespearean, Shakspe(a)rian, -ean.
[f. Shakespeare + -ian.
The forms in -ian are alone correct according to the relevant analogies. The other variations follow the diversities of spelling of the poet's name. The spelling Shakspere, adopted in the first edition of this Dictionary, was advocated by Sir F. Madden on the ground of the signature in the poet's copy of Florio's Montaigne, and accepted by Dr. Furnivall and the New Shakspere Society; the standard form is now Shakespeare.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of William Shakespeare (1564–1616) or his dramatic and poetical productions.
1755H. Fielding Voy. to Lisbon 100 A poetic, if not a Shakespearian genius. 1805C. Wilmot Let. 4 Aug. in Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 164, I rooted out Hamlet's Garden..& got into a Shakespearian tantrum at finding myself in the place. 1817Keats Wks. (1889) III. 10 The acting of Kean is Shakespearian. 1820Coleridge Lett. (1836) I. 49 The almost Shakespearian old witch-wives at the funeral [in Scott's Bride of Lammermoor]. 1886C. E. Pascoe Lond. of To-day xxxiv. (ed. 3) 304 The Princess's Theatre, in the days of Charles Kean famous for its Shakesperian revivals.
B. n. An authority on or student of the writings of Shakespeare; a Shakespearian scholar. Also, one who believes that Shakespeare wrote the plays usually attributed to him; an imitator of Shakespeare's style, one of his school; an admirer of Shakespeare's works.
1837Lockhart Scott II. viii. 294 She was, however, about as devout a Shakspearian as her nephew. 1874[see Baconian a. and n. 2]. 1912E. Nesbit Let. in D. L. Moore E. Nesbit (1933) xv. 268 Are you a Baconian or a Shakespearean? 1930N. Streatfeild Ballet Shoes iii. 38 We'll read some more one day. I'll make a Shakespearean of you. 1964English Studies XLV. 353 It also establishes the negative method of praising Heywood, as a minor Shakespearian. 1971Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 10/4 One of those devoted Shakespeareans who knows his author backwards. 1979F. Kermode Genesis of Secrecy iv. 79 Shakespearians may find explanations of the mysteriousness..of Hamlet, by considering instead the ur-Hamlet.
Hence Shakeˈspearianism, (a) a form of expression peculiar to or imitated from Shakespeare (Cent. Dict. 1891, and in later Dicts.); (b) the imitation of Shakespeare, or the effects of his influence generally. Similarly Shakespeariˈana (see -ana). Shakeˈspearianizing vbl. n., the action or instances of imitating passages from the works of Shakespeare. Shakeˈspearianly adv., in a Shakespearian manner. ˈShakespearism = Shakespearianism (a). ˈShakespearite, one who believes that Shakespeare wrote the plays traditionally attributed to him. ˈShakespearize v., trans. to imbue with the spirit or ideas of Shakespeare; intr. to imitate Shakespeare. Shakespeaˈrolater, a worshipper of Shakespeare. Shakespeaˈrolatry, worship of Shakespeare. Shakespeaˈrology, the branch of study concerned with the works and life of Shakespeare.
1718C. Gildon Compl. Art Poetry I. 305 Shakespeariana: or Select Moral Reflections, Topicks, Similies, and Descriptions from Shakespear. 1823Lamb Lett. (1888) II. 79 In the same collection I find several Shakspearisms. 1836Emerson Nature, Amer. Schol. Wks. (Bohn) II. 178 The English dramatic poets have Shakespearized now for two hundred years. 1847― Repr. Men, Shakespeare Wks. (Bohn) I. 359 Now, literature, philosophy, and thought are Shakespearized. 1861Sat. Rev. 30 Nov. 557/2 ‘The national pulse beats Shaksperianly.’ So at least says Mr. James Orchard Halliwell in one of two circulars..which have lately reached us about ‘the National Shaksperian Fund’. 1862Daily Tel. 20 Jan., The most commendable act performed of late years in Shakespeareology. 1864Realm 9 Mar. 6 In these days of Shakspearolatry. 1865F. Thimm (title) Shakespeariana from 1564 to 1864. 1875L. Tollemache in Fortn. Rev. Mar. 335 The strained efforts of the Shakespearolaters to find dramatic propriety in the most inappropriate passages. 1886Contemp. Rev. Aug. 250, I think that the spirit of modern Shakspearianism, among readers, critics, and actors, is quite false to Shakspeare himself. 1890Merry England July 242 A fine, Shakespearianly virile bit of poetry. 1903G. B. Shaw Let. 12 Jan. (1972) II. 303 Ben Jonson never could quite get over the absurdity of the Shakespearisms which he knew so well at the Mermaid passing off in cold ink as literature. 1908Daily Chron. 21 Mar. 5/1 But Shakespeareanism is not dead yet a while. 1909‘Mark Twain’ Is Shakespeare Dead? v. 50 Two of these cults are known as the Shakespearites and the Baconians... The Shakespearite knows that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare's Works. 1921G. B. Shaw in John Keats Memorial Volume 176 The lines beginning (Shakespearianly) with How fever'd is the man who cannot look Upon his mortal days with temperate blood! 1936F. R. Leavis Revaluation vi. 223 The Cenci..is full of particular echoes of Shakespeare... This Shakespearianizing..is..quite damning. 1953John o' London's 12 June 520/4 A musical piece, with Arthur Askey..Shakespeareanly disguised. It was called The Kid from Stratford. 1955Times 3 Aug. 9/5 One such foundation has for many years placed a standing order for the purchase of Shakespeariana offered at our leading sale rooms. 1964Economist 11 Apr. 144/3 The appetite for Shakespeareana. |