Shakespeare and European Politics

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Dirk Delabastita; De Jozef Vos and Paul J. C. M. Franssen - Foreword by Ton Hoenselaars Klappentext This collection offers a selection of papers presented at a conference held in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It reflects a new trend in Shakespeare studies: a tendency to study Shakespeare not just in his own historical or national contexts, but also as a cultural phenomenon with an international afterlife, transmitted in a variety of languages, first of all in Europe. The volume explores how, for 400 years, Shakespeare has played a major role in a European framework, particularly where political events and developments were concerned, such as the early modern wars of religion, the emergence of the nation state, the two World Wars, the process of European unification, the attack on the World Trade Center, and Britain's participation in the Iraq war.

Product details

• Authors: Dirk Delabastita, Dirk (EDT)/ De Vos Delabastita, Dirk Vos Delabastita
• Assisted by: Jozef De Vos (Editor), Dirk Delabastita (Editor), Delabastita Dirk (Editor), Paul Franssen (Editor), Paul J C M Franssen (Editor), Paul J. C. M. Franssen (Editor), De Jozef Vos (Editor), Jozef Vos (Editor), Ton Hoenselaars (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2008
• EAN: 9781611490763
• ISBN: 978-1-61149-076-3
• No. of pages: 385
• Series: University of Delaware Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, European History, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, HISTORY / Reference, General & world history, Literature: history & criticism, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Literary reference works, Literary studies: plays & playwrights