Looking back from the perspective of 2014, it is easy to dismiss Jessie Pope's versified jingoism as a glib call to patriotism and as a facile celebration of the stereotypical British character: brave, stoical and essentially benevolent - reluctantly going to war to teach Germany a lesson. However, insofar as they capture the public mood at the start of the First World War - a mood they helped to create, of course - they are valuable documents. Her derogatory comments against Germany and Germans in general were part and parcel of the propaganda of the day - produced in great quantities by the...
Looking back from the perspective of 2014, it is easy to dismiss Jessie Pope's versified jingoism as a glib call to patriotism and as a facile celebra...
Originally published in 1995. Providing the most influential historical criticism, but also some contemporary pieces written for the volume, this collection includes the most essential study and reviews of this tragic play. The first part contains critical articles arranged chronologically while the second part presents reviews of stage performances from 1901 to 1988 from a variety of sources. Chapters chosen are representative of their given age and critical approach and therefore show the changing responses and the topics that interested critics in the play through the years. Coriolanus...
Originally published in 1995. Providing the most influential historical criticism, but also some contemporary pieces written for the volume, this c...
