Shakespeare's Englishes: Against Englishness

ISBN-13: 9781108493734 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 252 str.

Margaret Tudeau-Clayton

Opis

Claims that Shakespeare resists an emergent, exclusionary post-reformation ideology of 'true' Englishness in his early plays.

Recenzje

'... this book offers is a timely and generous one, underpinned by careful scholarship and nuanced critical analysis.' Tom Rutter, Modern Language Review

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Shakespeare and cultural reformation ideology; 2. Shakespeare and 'the King's English': language, history, power; 3. Shakespeare and 'the true-born Englishman': 'theatre' and the ideology of national character; 4. 'they bring in straing rootes': Shakespeare and 'the straingers case'; 5. Figures and parables of a 'straing' word: Shakespeare's 'extravagancy'.