Shakespeare's Sceptered Isle: Finding English National Identity in the Plays

This work searches Shakespeare's history and Roman plays to find the raw materials of English national consciousness...
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Author: Brian Carroll
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Language: English
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Shakespeare's Sceptered Isle: Finding English National Identity in the Plays by Carroll, Brian

Shakespeare's Sceptered Isle: Finding English National Identity in the Plays

BD$162.26

Shakespeare's Sceptered Isle: Finding English National Identity in the Plays

BD$162.26
Author: Brian Carroll
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This work searches Shakespeare's history and Roman plays to find the raw materials of English national consciousness and identity. The messages of Shakespeare's history plays are not principally the plots or facts of the dramas but the attitudes and imaginings they elicited in audiences. Reading Shakespeare through the lens of national identity is a study almost as old as the plays themselves, and many scholars have found various articulations of nationhood in Shakespeare's plays. This book argues that Shakespeare's histories furnished modern England with a curriculum for constructing a national identity, a confidence of language and culture, and a powerful new medium through which to communicate and express this negotiated identity. Highlighting the application of semiotics, it studies the playwright's use of symbols, metonymy, symbolic codes, and metaphor. By examining what Shakespeare and playgoers remembered and forgot, as well as the ways ideas were framed, this book explores how a national identity was crafted, contested, and circulated.

Author: Brian Carroll
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 05/18/2022
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d
ISBN: 9781476685823

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