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Shakespearemania

Shakespearemania noun: enthusiasm for the works of English playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare (1564–1616).

Noun

Shakespearemania (uncountable)

  1. Enthusiasm for the works of English playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
    • His veneration and imitation of the English playwright, part of a German tradition of “Shakespearemania” initiated by Herder’s “Shakespeare” essay, has been well documented.1979, William C. Reeve, Georg Büchner, →ISBN, page 27
    • Michael Bristol’s Shakespeare’s America explores the philosophical and cultural background that gave rise to Shakespearemania in the nineteenth century and that has supported its various manifestations down to the present day.1990, College & Research Libraries, page 570

Origin of Shakespearemania

From Shakespeare + -mania.

Questions about Shakespearemania

What does Shakespearemania mean?
Shakespearemania means enthusiasm for the works of English playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
What part of speech is Shakespearemania?
Shakespearemania is a noun.

Words near Shakespearemania in the dictionary

  1. Shakespeareanizing
  2. Shakespeareanly
  3. Shakespeareanness
  4. Shakespeareans
  5. Shakespeared
  6. Shakespearemania
  7. Shakespeareologist
  8. Shakespeareologists
  9. Shakespeareology
  10. Shakespeares
  11. Shakespearese

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