War and Nation in the Theatre of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries.
Material type: TextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (249 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780748631629Subject(s): English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism | Nationalism in literature | Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation | War in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: War and Nation in the Theatre of Shakespeare and His ContemporariesDDC classification: 822.309358 | 822.33 LOC classification: PR2976 -- .B37 2007ebOnline resources: Click to ViewIntro -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Part I Introductory Worlds -- 1 'KEEP IT DARK' -- 2 IN THEATRE -- Part II Commitment -- 3 GOOD FRIDAY, 1513 -- 4 'THE DOUBLE-ARMED MAN' -- Part III Shakespeare and the Wars -- 5 'WE BAND OF BROTHERS' -- 6 THE EXIT STRATEGY -- Part IV Refusal -- 7 GENTLER CRAFTS -- 8 BEYOND HISTORY -- 9 THE ABANDONED SOLDIER -- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING -- INDEX.
This original study explores a vital aspect of early modern cultural history: the way that warfare is represented in the theatre of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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