Shakespeare in Europe : History and Memory.

Shakespeare in Europe : History and Memory.

An international group of scholars addressed questions connected with the relation of the changing concepts of history and the status of history in Shakespearean plays in reading and in actual representation on the stage. Especially interesting aspects of the research deal with the transposition of...

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Main Author: Gibiñska, Marta
Other Authors: Romanowska, Agnieszka
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Kraków : Jagiellonian University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Appreciation > Europe.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history > Europe.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Literature.
English literature > History and criticism.
History in literature.
Art appreciation
English literature
History in literature
Literature
Europe
Electronic book.
dissertations.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • PREFACE; TOWARDS A EUROPEAN HISTORY OF HENRY V; European Shakespeare: Fifteen Years On; United States of America/United States of Europe; US Henries; Renaissance Man; Europe: "Appeal by the cultural world"; Ignace Cornelissen: Desert Storm and Henry V for children; Jacques Darras and Azincourt poetry; Azincourt: Site of memory and site of trauma; Centre Historique Médiéval; The tour; The field; Turbines; Trauma; Conclusion; THE BAD QUARTO HAMLET AND THE POLISH CONNECTION; CROSS-HISTORIES, STRAYING NARRATIVES: ANGLO-PORTUGUESE IMBRICATIONS AND SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORY PLAYS.
  • THE ART OF WAR IN SHAKESPEARE AND IN EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE TREATISES1. Ideas and ideologies; 2. On Shakespeare and war; 3. On peace and war; 4. The just war tradition; 5. The just war in Shakespeare: jus ad bellum and jus in bello; THE "HISTORIES" OF HENRY VI; SHAKESPEARE'S IMPERFECT MEMORY OF HISTORY; "RETAIL'D TO ALL POSTERITY:"THE CASE OF RICHARD III; HALTING MODERNITY: RICHARD III'SPREPOSTEROUS BODY AND HISTORY.

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